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Saturday | Politico.com

Coleman: the GOP's million-dollar man

Over the past three months, the NRSC spent nearly $1M to pay Norm Coleman's legal bills and more.

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Related Topix: US News, Financial Services, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Republican, John Ensign, John Cornyn

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Morris Tribune

Franken 'won't waste that chance'

Campaign volunteers and others surrounded Al Franken Wednesday, like this woman who wanted his autograph on a piece of campaign literature.

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Related Topix: Al Franken, St. Paul, MN, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Minnesota

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Des Moines Register

Addition to climate bill: Cash for no-till farming

Washington, D.C. - Some growers could get payments just to keep farming the way they already are, under changes being made to a House climate bill.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Leonard Boswell, Iowa

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Free Republic

Boehner Stalls Energy Vote

In an attempt to stall the passage of the Democratic energy bill, Minority Leader John Boehner on Friday began reading the text of the 300-page Democratic amendment during his closing remarks on the bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ohio, Democrat, Henry Waxman

Tue Jun 30, 2009

MinnPost.com

Minnesota House delegation splits on climate-change vote

Minnesotaa s delegation split along party lines when the U.S. House narrowly passed last week a landmark climate-change bill that would, for the first time, cap greenhouse gas emissions and move to establish a national carbon market.

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Related Topix: Representative Erik Paulsen, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Al Gore

Fox News

An Inconvenient Vote

In mid-May, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sunk to the lowest ebb of her speakership.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mary Bono, Democrat, Representative Mary Bono Mack, Sheila Jackson-Lee

Free Republic

Speaker Pelosi's National Energy Tax: More Mandates, More Regulations, More Costs

It would be a bureaucratic nightmare overseen by a confusing web of government agencies that would take and redistribute trillions of dollars from family budgets and workers payrolls.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Deltafarmpress

House climate bill deal reached

A few hours after brokering a deal on the House climate bill, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, explained why compromise was necessary, how the controversial indirect land use provisions will be handled and repeatedly commented on the mutual distrust between agriculture and the EPA.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Henry Waxman, United States Department of Agriculture, Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Morris Tribune

Peterson works out climate-change bill deal

" A deal brokered by U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson appears to have given a global warming bill a fighting chance to pass the House today.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Global Warming, Earl Pomeroy, Minnesota Government, Minnesota, 2008 Presidential Election

North Texas e-News

House passes clean energy legislation with significant benefits for agriculture

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that will allow farmers, ranchers and forestland owners to fully participate in a market-based carbon offset program, earning income for activities they undertake to address global climate change.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, United States Department of Agriculture

Sun Jun 28, 2009

MinnPost.com

Minnesota Congressional delegation: Weekly wrap-up

With its Independence Day recess approaching, Congress ploughed ahead on climate change legislation but remained gridlocked over transportation and continued to fight over health care in so many committees it was hard to keep track.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Keith Ellison, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, John Kline, Representative Erik Paulsen, Representative Michele Bachmann

Bloomberg.com

Climate-Change Bill Debate Begins in House Under Heavy Lawmaker Lobbying

The U.S. House debated legislation to limit greenhouse-gas emissions as lawmakers remained divided and Democratic leaders worked to rally support for one of President Barack Obama a s top domestic priorities.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Agriculture, Science

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Western Livestock Journal

Ag Gains Concessions in Climate Legislation

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson issued a statement late Tuesday reporting that an agreement with House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman had been reached regarding the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, commonly known as the "climate change" bill or "cap and trade" legislation.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Henry Waxman, United States Department of Agriculture, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

San Francisco Chronicle

Pelosi betting on concessions to pass climate bill

The sweeping energy and climate change bill is a top priority for the Obama administration and Pelosi, the San Francisco Democrat who has spent months making concessions to wary Democrats whose votes are critical for the bill to pass.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Henry Waxman, Activism, Global Warming

BusinessWeek

House Passes Carbon Cap-and-Trade Bill

June 26, 2009, will go down as an historic moment in world's efforts to tackle climate change.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Activism, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman, Democrat, Edward Markey

The Mankato Free Press

Walz votes for climate bill

There was a deluge of calls, e-mails and faxes, but in the end congressmen representing southern Minnesota split along party lines just like those from pretty much everywhere else across the nation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Kline, Democrat, Minnesota, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Fri Jun 26, 2009

The Washington Post

Democrats Grow Confident of Cap-and-Trade Win

By Paul Kane and Ben Pershing House Democratic leaders said today they are increasingly confident that they have enough votes to win passage this weekend of climate change legislation, informing former vice president Al Gore that he was not needed in the Capitol to win over wavering lawmakers.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat

National Journal

Waxman, Peterson Reach Climate Deal

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman and Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson Tuesday reached a substantive deal on energy and climate legislation that they say provides them with enough support for perhaps the most ambitious environmental bill ever to pass the House.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Henry Waxman, Rick Boucher, United States Department of Agriculture

AgNews - Texas A&M University

Texas Ag Forum addresses future climate change policy

While the debate on climate change policy continues in Washington, Texas' agriculture industry representatives were all ears recently at the 2009 Ag Forum in Austin learning more about the potential impacts on livestock and crop production.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Washington, TX, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Planning

Read the latest on legislation and policy

With SAFETEA-LU set to expire in September, Congress has been working on assembling a new authorization bill that sets new priorities for sustainability and reform.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, James Oberstar, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Edward Markey, Henry Waxman

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