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Groups Call for Congressional Hearing on Forged Cap-and-Trade Letters

In the wake of a forged letter-writing scandal, the National Wildlife Federation, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are ramping up their counteroffensive against the coal and oil industry, calling for a Congressional hearing on the 13 falsified letters sent on behalf of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity opposing the House climate change bill.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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