WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (C), Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) (L) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu prepare for a committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and several Obama Administration cabinet members about the 'Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,' which is sponsored by Boxer and Kerry. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (C), Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) (L) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu prepare for a committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and several Obama Administration cabinet members about the 'Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,' which is sponsored by Boxer and Kerry.

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  2. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. presides on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, as the committee voted on the climate bill.
  3. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., back to camera, presides over the committee's vote on a climate bill, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott, empty seats at right, pushing a U.S. climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage.
  4. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., back to camera, presides over the committee's vote on a climate bill, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott, empty seats at right, pushing a U.S. climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage.
  5. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, left, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3,2009, for the committee's markup on the Climate Change legislation. All Republicans except Voinovich are boycotted the start of committee debate on a bill to curb greenhouse gases in a protest that the bill's economic costs have not been fully examined. Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. is seated second from right. Committee member Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., is seated at right.
  6. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio takes his seat at left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, during the committee's markup on Climate Change legislation. All Republicans except Voinovich boycotted the start of committee debate on a bill to curb greenhouse gases in a protest that the bill's economic costs have not been fully examined. Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. is at right.
  7. U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu (C) listens to students Allison Kopf (L), Annessa Mattson (2ndL) and Tim Sennott (R) describe Team California's solar-powered house during the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in Washington October 7, 2009.
  8. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, right, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke leave the stage after a clean energy and climate change discussion with business leaders, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington.
  9. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, right, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke answer questions at a clean energy and climate change discussion with business leaders, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington.
  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (L) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu (R) participate in a roundtable discussion with executives at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Room on September 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. Secretary Geithner hosted the discussion with executives of several renewable energy companies that received awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  11. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (L) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu (R) participate in a roundtable discussion with executives at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Room on September 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. Secretary Geithner hosted the discussion with executives of several renewable energy companies that received awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (C) speaks while flanked by Energy Secretary Steven Chu (R) and Martha Wyrsch (L), President of Vestas Americas, during a roundtable discussion with executives at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Room on September 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. Secretary Geithner hosted the discussion with executives of several renewable energy companies that received awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  13. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
  14. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Victoria (L) and Ted Kennedy Jr. listen as Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
  15. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
  16. US Senator John Kerry (D-MA) makes remarks during the executive session on the revised health-care reform on September 22, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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