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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators on Monday demanded additional
studies on the cost and job impact of a climate bill before it is voted
on by a key committee, exposing the sharp partisan divide in Congress
over legislation aimed at
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Ranking
GOP members of six Senate committees that are playing a part in
crafting an overall bill to cut greenhouse gases said that an
Environmental Protection Agency analysis was unsatisfactory, although
supporters of the bill called it an exhaustive examination.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., co-sponsor of the
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climate bill, which is before her Environment and Public Works
Committee, said she plans to press ahead with consideration of the
measure on Tuesday, even as GOP panel members threatened to boycott the
proceedings.
In a letter to Boxer, the
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Republicans warned that failure to accommodate GOP senators seeking
further studies "would severely damage rather than help" the chances of
getting the bipartisan support needed to get a bill through the Senate.
The
Democratic bill calls for imposing mandatory caps on greenhouse gas
emissions from power plants and industrial facilities and cutting
emissions by 20 percent by 2020. Polluters would be given emission
allowances that they could trade among themselves to ease the economic
effect of the transition from fossil fuels.