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The following is a daily update summarizing news of interest to EPA staff. The three congressmen say that they can count on the votes of more than 145 members to oppose any legislation that would seek to delay or weaken the rules. That number of votes means that a presidential veto could not be overridden. Opponents of the new rules have threatened to block or delay them with new legislation. Support and opposition for the new rules has lined up along geographic boundaries, with legislators from Northeastern states supporting the rules that would require Midwestern states to curb their industrial emissions.