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Boxer passes climate legislation

Source: Politico
Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago  
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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved climate-change legislation Thursday with no Republicans voting for the bill or even participating in the process. With Republican boycotting the proceedings, Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) relied on a little...
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  • News Source: Epoch Times | about 1 month ago
    Senate environment committee approved a Democratic climate change bill Thursday that would require industry to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases 20 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels. The bill approved by the Environment and...
  • News Source: The Hill | about 1 month ago
    Democrats voted 11-1 to approve the bill, with Sen. Max Baucus of Montana the only "no" vote. Republicans protested the markup, which delayed a vote for two days. They wanted the Environmental Protection Agency to perform a more thorough cost...
  • News Source: The Orange County Register | about 1 month ago
    No Republicans were at Boxer's panel to vote on climate bill. Sen. Barbara Boxer’s Environment and Public Works Committee decided  10-1 to send her and Sen. John Kerry’s global warming bill to the full Senate despite not one Republican member...
  • News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | about 1 month ago
    The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted this morning to move a climate change bill, using a rare procedural move to overcome a Republican boycott. The committee did not amend the bill, authored by EPW Chair Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.,...
  • News Source: The Examiner | about 1 month ago
    Ignoring a Republican boycott, Senate Democrats and pushed a precedent-setting climate bill through a key committee Thursday. Of the 11 Democrats present at the vote, only one - Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. - voted against the legislation, saying that...
  • News Source: Politico | about 1 month ago
    The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved climate-change legislation Thursday with no Republicans voting for the bill or even participating in the process. With Republican boycotting the proceedings, Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer...
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  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    Barbara Boxer, chairman of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, had delayed the crucial vote for days because of a Republican protest over whether the cost of the legislation had been fully examined. But the California Democrat moved ...
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    To stall the committee markup of the 959-page Kerry-Boxer bill, Inhofe has convinced the other republican members to boycott discussion on the legislation. In response, Boxer said, “We urge Ranking Member Inhofe, with the utmost respect ...
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    Boxer Pushes Through Climate Bill Despite GOP Boycott - Roll Call. Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) on Thursday pushed climate change legislation through her committee on an 11-1 vote despite a ...
  • Blog Source: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
    The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed landmark climate change legislation today, over the explicit objection of Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), and the implicit objection of the panel's 7 Republicans, who boycotted the proceedings. ... "
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    Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said she's prepared to move ahead with consideration of the climate bill despite objections by Republican committee members who want EPA to complete a full economic analysis of
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    Jim Inhofe led a Republican boycott Tuesday of a key committee to force a more complete analysis of a sweeping climate change bill. After opening up the session, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairman of the Senate Environment and ...
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