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    Climate change has taken a backseat to health care for now, but at some point it will come to the fore. "Senate Democrats are hopeful that despite their acrimonious past, Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) can find middle ground on climate change legislation before electoral politics kills the issue for good next year ... Boxer and Baucus will be at the center of the looming climate change debate." There's no crying on the House floor... Full Article at MSNBC
    Senate Democrats are hopeful that despite their acrimonious past, Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) can find middle ground on climate change legislation before electoral politics kills the issue for good next year ... Boxer and Baucus will be at the center of the looming climate change debate.
    SOURCE: MSNBC 1 month ago
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Congress: Pelosi outlines her bill
  1. In his quest to pass health care reform, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is pursuing a potentially risky, step-by-step strategy that banks on momentum from the debate and a hard push from the White House to get the bill over the finish line this year.
    SOURCE: MSNBC 1 month ago
  2. The House legislation aims to provide health insurance of one form or another to almost all Americans at an expected cost just below $900 billion over 10 years, without increasing the federal budget deficit for at least 20 years, House Democrats said. Pelosi (D-Calif.) was awaiting official data Wednesd...
    SOURCE: MSNBC 1 month ago

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