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Pence: Obama exploiting spill to push climate change legislation
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jun 15, 2010 10:15am |
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| Author | http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/103201-pence-obama-exploiting-spill-to-push-climate-change-legislation |
| News Date | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Barack Obama is exploiting the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to push climate change legislation, a top House Republican asserted Tuesday.
GOP Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) accused the president of piggybacking off of the environmental crisis to push climate change regulations as part of a new energy bill this summer.
"To exploit this crisis to resurrect his climate change legislation is just wrong," Pence said at a stakeout at the Capitol this morning.
Obama is expected to call for new energy legislation this evening in his first Oval Office address, following a two-day trip to the Gulf to survey the economic and environmental impact resulting from the ongoing oil spill.
The president began to whip up support for such legislation in an email to supporters yesterday. In Tuesday's address, he is expected to expand in greater detail his expectations for what that legislation might look like, and whether it would include measures to rein in climate change. |
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