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GOP Senators Block Bill on Climate Change

Posted Jun 6, 08 10:23 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Republican senators blocked a landmark climate change bill today in a filibuster, making it likely that the carbon-capping legislation will be shelved until next year. After a debate over the economic costs of the bill—which would cut CO2 emissions by 71% by 2050—the Senate came up a dozen votes short of the number needed to end the filibuster, the AP reports.

“It’s a huge tax increase,” said the GOP's Mitch McConnel, who called it “the largest restructuring of the American economy since the New Deal.” An angered Barbara Boxer, one of the co-sponsors, insisted, “There is no tax increase.” Neither presidential candidate was in the chamber.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, gestures while talking with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky.   (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., center, and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., right, talk as Sen. John Warner, R-Va., left, speaks during a news conference to discuss the environment and climate change.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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