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Boxer to Chair Ethics Until Johnson Returns

With Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) still recovering from brain surgery last month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this week will tap Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) to temporarily take the reins of the Ethics Committee, Reid said late Friday.

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Rep. Frank Pallone waits Feb. 8 for the start of a news conference to introduce legislation to keep arsenic and lead out of fruit juices.
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