Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, (R-WV) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have both come out strongly against the Clean Power Plan.
Credit: J. Scott Applewhite

Republicans in Congress are trying every means available to stop the Clean Power Plan, and they might go as far as putting a government shutdown on the line, experts say.

A resolution announced by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), and Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) this week will seek to use the Congressional Review Act to essentially strike the Clean Power Plan from the books. If the resolutions disapproving of the Clean Power Plan pass — and the president signs them into law — the rule would be prohibited from going into effect.

Granted, there is no way that President Obama is going to sign a resolution killing what is widely considered to be his most important legacy on climate, […]