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Senate Committee Approves Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill

SocialFunds.com -- Despite last week's approval by the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S.1733) faces an uncertain future. Full Article at Social Funds

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  1. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks with Committee Chariman, Senator John Kerry before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on 'The US and the G-20: Remaking the International Economic Architecture' on November 17, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  2. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) meets Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) before a committee hearing on "The U.S. and the G-20: Remaking the International Economic Architecture� on Capitol Hill in Washington November 17, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) makes brief remarks after meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  4. Former Senator Edward William Brooke (C) receives applause from (L-R) US President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and Senator John Kerry, D-MA, during the Congressional Gold Medal presentation ceremony October 28, 2009 in the R...
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson listen to opening statements during a hear...
  6. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) speaks about Afghanistan at the Council on Foreign Relations, on October 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. Kerry spoke about his recent visit to Afghanistan and U.S. policy in the region.
  7. BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 1: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) talks to Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (C) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People on December 1, 2009 in Beijing, China.
  8. KAWASAKI, JAPAN - DECEMBER 01: A windmill is seen at keihin Industrial Area on December 1, 2009 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 30: As the White House is seen in the background, an activist protests at Lafayette Square during a march against corporations to participate in the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Conference November 30, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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