Democrats turned back repeated efforts by Republican senators to soften the economic impact of a global warming bill before advancing it out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. It was the first bill calling for mandatory U.S. limits on so-called greenhouse gases to be taken up in Congress since global warming emerged as an environmental issue more than two decades ago. GOP critics argued that limiting greenhouse gas emissions could become a hardship because of higher energy costs.
December 06, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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Democrats turned back repeated efforts by Republican senators to soften the economic impact of a global warming bill before advancing it out of a Senate committee on Wednesday.
It was the first bill calling for mandatory U.S. limits on so-called greenhouse gases to be taken up in Congress since global warming emerged as an environmental issue more than two decades ago. The bill was approved 11-8 by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
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