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Republicans mostly absent for climate bill writing

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee opened a bill-writing session on a major climate-change bill on Tuesday morning despite a near-total boycott of the session by Republicans, who said they need... Full Article at MarketWatch

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  1. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) ended the morning today shuffling papers in silence at the head of an empty table, as Republican senators boycotted Day 1 of her panel’s markup of historic climate legislation. “This is an opportunity. Full Article at MinnPost.com

  2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Congress and the Obama administration to take bold steps to address global warming Tuesday, even as Senate Democrats and Republicans feuded over whether to press ahead with their chamber's version of a climate bill. Full Article at The Washington Post

  3. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Republicans boycotted a Senate committee hearing Tuesday on a major bill to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Full Article at CNN

  4. WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today committed to subject a broad climate change bill to a full cost analysis that could take five weeks — a plan that would delay full Senate debate on the proposal until after next month's planned... Full Article at Houston Chronicle

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