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foxnews.com - 25 days ago
Senate Panel Approves Climate Change Bill Despite GOP Boycott
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In a rare move, Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday approved a sweeping climate change bill without any Republicans present. Republicans had boycotted the committee's work on the bill, insisting on a cost analysis of the proposal by the EPA. The bill ...
reuters.com - 25 days ago
Senate panel approves Democratic climate bill
— 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. ... (more) Senate panel approves Democratic climate bill

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Climate bill passed without GOP
politico.com - 25 days ago
Climate bill passed without GOP
— politico.com — Boxer gets markup despite Republican boycott. (more) Climate bill passed without GOP

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Senate GOP embrace Inhofe’s boycott of Clean Energy Jobs Act.
thinkprogress.org - 27 days ago
Senate GOP embrace Inhofe’s boycott of Clean Energy Jobs Act.
— thinkprogress.org — Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) Senate Republicans have endorsed Sen. Jim Inhofe’s (R-OK) plan to boycott the legislative... markup of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733), scheduled to begin tomorrow. Inhofe’s GOP compatriots on ... (more) Senate GOP embrace Inhofe’s boycott of Clean Energy Jobs ...

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Maybe They Were Busy Picketing a Planned Parenthood...
INSTAPUTZ — ... "Opposition" is doing a lot of work here, considering the troglodytic assholes actually conceded opposition and  didn't bother to show up for the vote. ...

ToDaZeD Creeped Out
Knowledge is Power — ... Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday approved a sweeping climate change bill without any Republicans present. ...

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