politico.com - 11/3/2009
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Forget GOP votes for a climate bill — Boxer may push it through committee without any GOP even in the room.
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reuters.com - 11/5/2009
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reuters.com —
Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversial climate
change bill cleared its first hurdle in the U.S....
Senate on Thursday, allowing President Barack Obama to tout progress in the run-up to next month's global warming talks in Copenhagen. ...
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Senate panel approves Democratic climate bill
online.wsj.com - 11/3/2009
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IAN TALLEY WASHINGTON -- Six ranking Republican U.S.
senators Monday warned the head of the environment committee...
that pushing ahead with a vote on a landmark climate bill this week would "severely damage" the chances of passing the legislation. ...
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GOP Senators Warn Boxer on Climate
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SENATOR Boxer on Cap & Trade: muddling ahead, and alone.
RedState —
... ‘Senator’ capitalized because the insecure often require that special little emphasis. In this case, SENATOR Boxer is demonstrating same by making a fairly pointless gesture that’s apparently fueled by pique: ...
It's Official: No Climate Bill This Year
Mojo Feed | Mother Jones —
... . The committee's head, Sen. Barbara Boxer, could technically forge ahead without them, since the chair pretty much gets to set the rules. And with a 12-7 Democratic majority, she doesn't actually need Republican votes to pass a bill. But some worry that this approach would widen the partisan divide over the issue, giving moderate Republicans and Democrats in the wider Senate yet another excuse to vote against the measure. ...
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nytimes.com 9/28/2009 — Ending some nine months of closed-door deliberations, Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) will release global warming legislation Wednesday that they hope will be the vehicle for broader Senate negotiations and an eventual ...
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GOP watch: Unveiling their health plan —
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“After months of criticizing Democrats' health-care proposals without offering one of their own, House Republicans are preparing to unveil a reform bill this week to compete with the majority's ideas,” the Washington Post reports. “Having lambasted ...
GOP picks Joe Wilson to escort Merkel —
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From NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and Mark MurrayThe House and Senate are together this morning in the House chamber for a joint session, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses Congress.
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