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Not the bill to take home to mother
Nuclear subsidies likely to stay in omnibus spending package |
Brian Beutler |
18 Dec 2007 |
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| The Senate is debating the wide-ranging $500-plus billion omnibus spending package right now. Most of the points of contention are extremely important -- FOIA, defense spending -- but for the purposes of this site, a bit off-topic. It failed its most recent cloture vote on the question of war-funding (Republicans, of course, want more), and minority leader Mitch McConnell has basically promised it won't pass unless the Democrats cave. So if when that happens, I'll let ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, nuclear power, politics (all these topics) |
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