The issue focused on President Obama and how he uses executive powers to slow or delay the work of the Environmental Protection Agency. The review found that whether the power is used fairly has not been clearly established.


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, a Republican, said in a written statement that the report had not found any "culpable constitutional or statutory abuse" of the EPA authority to set health and environmental standards for both existing and new power plants, such as coal-fired power plants. He said