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The House will use the last few hours before summer break to undermine the Clean Air Act
Because they're smart and they love America and if you think that reducing pollution is "cool" then you might as well go to Canada the end.
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How to eat a Chick-fil-A sandwich without supporting Chick-fil-A
It's still possible to get your fried chicken sandwich fix and keep your moral principles intact.
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Senate Republicans introduce same-old energy legislation, give it funny name
If it seems like you've seen these proposals before, you have. And they kind of admit it.
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Obama could make climate progress internationally even if he’s hobbled at home
A big, global climate treaty isn't going to happen, but Obama could push forward lots of smaller deals to promote clean energy, efficiency, and other good stuff.
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Drought means bad news for Obama
Research suggests that drought negatively impacts incumbent presidents.
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The $1.3 billion wasted in the debt ceiling fight could buy a lot of Merlot
But the political value to the Republican party was priceless.
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Republicans want end to regulations, you eaten by alligator
House Republicans are pushing a bill that would ban any new major regulations until unemployment drops below 6 percent. Really.
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Republicans prefer naming things after Reagan to signing U.N. ocean treaties
And, really, who can blame them?
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Lobbyists spent $173.5 million trying to shape the 2008 farm bill
Food and Water Watch crunched the numbers, revealing both the scale and breakdown of the massive effort to pass the 2008 legislation.