Five regulations that could come in Obama's final days

The Hill: The Obama administration appears committed to finishing as much of its regulatory agenda as possible before leaving office.

Republican lawmakers have warned the administration against issuing any “midnight” regulations in the waning days, saying they would be overturned.

Yet the Environmental Protection Agency on Dec. 19 defied those warnings, issuing a controversial coal mining regulation that sets new requirements for companies when testing and maintaining streams damaged by mining.

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