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  • Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) [UPDATED]

    Arlen Specter Sen. Arlen Specter is considered a fence sitter on climate legislation, though on Nov. 5 he sided with all but one of the Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee in voting to move forward with the Kerry-Boxer climate bill.  As Darren Samuelsohn of Greenwire reported: Specter bemoaned his inability to offer […]

    Grist staff Politics

  • Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

    Dianne FeinsteinSen. Dianne Feinstein is expected to vote in favor of the Kerry-Boxer climate bill. In a November 2009 letter to a Grist reader, she doesn’t explicitly endorse the bill, but she does say it “represents an important step”: Dear [Constituent]: Thank you for writing to express your views about the “Clean Energy Jobs and […]

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  • Gore on the Daily Show: extended dance remix

    You know how sometimes Jon Stewart gets all smarmy and sycophantic when he has on a guest he actually admires? And you know how Al Gore has a reputation for being a bit stiff on occasion? Let’s just say they seemed to bring out those qualities in each other last night — or, as Stephen […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy

  • Tracking where senators stand on climate legislation

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    Grist staff Politics