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Pelosi Flexes Muscle

Speaker Uses Her Capital to Pass Climate Bill

By Steven T. Dennis and Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff
June 24, 2009, Midnight

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has shown repeatedly that she can rally her troops on tough votes, but she faces her toughest test yet this week in passing her signature cap-and-trade energy package.

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