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streetsblog.org - 2/4/2009
It Gets Worse: Boxer/Inhofe to Request $50B More for Highways
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Barbara Boxer and infamous global warming denier James Inhofe will present an amendment to the Senate stimulus plan that could funnel as much as $50 billion in additional funding to highways, Streetsblog has learned. Friends of the Earth tells us that Boxer's staff confirmed she will introduce ...
christiannewswire.com - 2/7/2009
Senator Boxer Asks State Department to Expedite the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
— christiannewswire.com — After Ambassador Susan Rice's inability to make an "iron-clad commitment" for immediate ratification, Boxer will ask Secretary... of State Hillary Clinton for U.S. support of the UNCRC Contact: Jim Bentley, ParentalRights.org , 540-751-1245 ... (more) Senator Boxer Asks State Department to Expedite the U.N. ...

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cnsnews.com - 2/5/2009
Boxer Says Senate Will ‘Follow the Science’ on Global Warming Legislation
— cnsnews.com — (CNSNews.com) - Democratic members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have pledged to follow science... in their quest to quell the effects of global warming, even as some reports suggest that belief in the environmental threat is ... (more) Boxer Says Senate Will ‘Follow the Science’ on Global ...

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Boxer to Graham: There's No Business Like Show Business
crooksandliars.com - 2/6/2009
Boxer to Graham: There's No Business Like Show Business
— crooksandliars.com — Download | Play     Download | Play Nobody does wounded indignation quite like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC),... and this was quite entertaining. I saw it on Hardball right after Lindsey was all red and sputtering, saying Republicans ... (more) Boxer to Graham: There's No Business Like Show Business

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Matthew Yglesias:  Planning to Fail

The Reality-Based Community:  DEMON SPAWN OF THE STIMULUS

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Planning to Fail
Matthew Yglesias — ... One of the benefits of winning a sweeping electoral victory, one might have assumed, would be that when climate change denialist and all around kook James Inhofe starts ranting that what we really need is a lot of new highway spending, we could tell him to go jump in a lake. One might have assumed: ...

DEMON SPAWN OF THE STIMULUS
The Reality-Based Community — ... : The Boxer-Inhofe Amendment SEE! $50 billion in new stimulus money for highways to be introduced on the Senate floor tomorrow!!!! HEAR! Nothing for transit!!!!! SMELL! (TASTE?) (FEEL?) Alleged environmentalist Barbara Boxer (D-Marin County) writing a bill with climate denier James Inhofe (R- ...

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Boxer v. Barrasso On Enviro Rules
politics.theatlantic.com 2/6/2009 — The environmental lobby has many fires to put out and a few days worth of water left. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) opposes the stimulus package , but he wants to try and make it easier for federal agencies to build things more quickly. To do that, he's ...
Sen. Boxer: ‘Let’s Invest In Water Infrastructure’ — Wonk Room
Today, an amendment to the economic stimulus package that would have added $25 billion in extra infrastructure spending failed to pass the Senate. As we noted earlier, the amendment contained an unfortunate amount of highway funding , which dwarfed mass transit investments. However, there was ...