By DINA CAPPIELLO
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats have ignored a Republican boycott
and pushed a climate bill through a key committee by a 10 to 1
vote.
Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer had delayed the crucial vote
for days because of a Republican protest over whether the cost of
the legislation had been fully examined. But Boxer moved quickly to
pass the bill without the help any of the seven GOP senators in the
room. No amendments were considered.
The bill by the California Democrat and Democratic Sen. John
Kerry of Massachusetts will now be merged with legislation being
written by five other Senate panels. The bill calls for cutting
greenhouse gases from power plants and factories by 83 percent by
2050.
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