Winter Olympics Officially Open, Republicans Fight EPA’s “Secret Science” Rules, Research Says Voice Votes Are Useless: P.M. Links

Rejoice, comrades! The 2014
Sochi Winter Olymics are officially
open, and an attempted
airplane hijacking targeting the city has been prevented.
Republican House lawmakers are pushing legislation that would
prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing new
regulations based on science that is not
transparent or not reproducible.
Research shows that, except under unrealistic controlled
circumstances,
voice votes are useless.
The U.S. Postal Service saw its losses shrink significantly in
the last quarter of 2013 to a
measly $354 million compared $1 billion during the same span
the previous year.
Montana Lt. Gov. John Walsh (D) will
fill the seat of U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D), who is resigning to
become the next ambassador to China.
Georgia lawmakers introduced a measure that could
effectively shutdown rideshares like Uber and Lyft, insulating
the taxicab and limousine industries from competition.