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Hoping to avert a partisan meltdown, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) yesterday offered an olive branch to Republicans who are planning to boycott today's markup of a sweeping global warming bill. Boxer still plans to begin the markup at 9 a.m. with opening ...
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Boxer Invites EPA In for Questions About Climate Bill
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... CBS NewsBoxer Invites EPA In for Questions About Climate BillNew York TimesHoping to avert a partisan meltdown, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif. ... GOP senators talk of boycotting climate billThe Associated PressRepublicans To Boycott Climate Bill Work SessionWall Street JournalSenate Republicans threaten to boycott climate billBoston GlobeMichigan Farmer -Washington Post -Business Greenall 389 news articles Read the original article at, ...
Partisan Bickering Puts Climate Bill in Jeopardy
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... . Boxer said she retained the right to advance the 959-page bill without Republicans, reports the New York Times . A group of Senate GOP committee leaders said they were “deeply troubled” by Boxer’s suggestion that she would move ahead with the climate bill debate without trying to work with the Republicans, according to the newspaper. Republicans want more analysis from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the economic impact of legislation that would require utilities, factories and oil refineries to cut their carbon emissions 20 percent by 2020, from 2005 levels, ...
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