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Climate Change Debate Heats Up
October 13, 2009
This time it’s for keeps.
Unlike last year, when the dress-rehearsal debate on global warming sputtered to a halt on the Senate floor without a single amendment vote, both sides are prepping for a fight with full knowledge that the chamber could actually pass a bill limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
Lobbyists Tread Over Partisan Minefield
October 13, 2009
While the health care issue may be dominating Capitol Hill, it’s all about climate change in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Klobuchar Applies Life’s Lessons on Subcommittee
October 13, 2009
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) was an attorney in private practice in 1995 when her insurance company forced her to leave the hospital one day after giving birth to her daughter.
“She was very sick, she couldn’t swallow and I was kicked out of the hospital at 24 hours with no sleep and thinking she was going to die,” Klobuchar recalled in an interview last week.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Through the Ages
October 13, 2009
The following is a look back at the history of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
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As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article
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