The EPA is also granting states more time – which means the plans will not come into effect in some states until long after Obama has left office.
The biggest industry battle Mr. Thompson has taken up in recent years is still playing out in Washington, a pitch by beer and wine wholesalers for legislation granting states more power to regulate alcohol sales.
The Romney campaign released the proposal, complete with a 21-page white paper, Wednesday evening as part of an overall energy plan that includes granting states more regulatory power over drilling on federal lands, revitalizing the nuclear power industry, and approving the Keystone XL pipeline to carry more Canadian oil to refineries in the United States.
Mr. Romney's proposal, complete with a 21-page white paper, includes granting states more regulatory power over drilling on federal lands, revitalizing the nuclear power industry, and approving the Keystone XL pipeline to carry more Canadian oil to refineries in the United States.
In interviews last week, Democrats in Congress said there was plenty of opportunity for Mr. Bush to get much of what he wants in education, particularly in granting states more flexibility in how they use federal money in return for greater accountability.
A former protege of James Watt, Mr. Reagan's first interior secretary, Ms. Norton has long been an outspoken advocate of granting states, localities and even private corporations a greater voice in environmental decisions that under Democratic leadership have been mostly the preserve of the federal government.
Non-binding advice would oust the right of an individual to claim; cases where domestic courts had not "clearly erred" would be out of bounds and judicial principles granting states discretion in their interpretation of the convention would be set in stone.
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In the past, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has been skeptical of granting states the right to sue the federal government over disputed policies.
Verrilli argued that granting states the permission to sue the federal government would "upend the constitutional design," noting that the "Constitution reserves exclusive authority for the national government to make and enforce immigration policy".
And instead of ending the onerous requirements that are creating the "distraction" and are "sucking the oxygen," he postponed them for a year, granting states the "opportunity to request a delay in when test results matter for teacher evaluation".
