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China as a political scapegoat, and a call for Congress to play nice

Global Politics

Farai Chideya, host of Pop and Politics on WNYC Radio, has the latest in this new movement.

Stimulus dollars to fund rail networks

Global Politics

Senate ‘truth squad’ plans Copenhagen trip

Global Politics

Obama’s climate change pledge

Environment

Energy decisions

Environment
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Sen. Barbara Boxer will call for resignation of EPA head

Global Politics

Capitol News Connection confirmed today that Barbara Boxer will call for the resignation of Stephen Johnson, head of the EPA.

Senate Climate Bill

Environment Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-California) and Bernie Sanders (I- Vermont) have introduced legislation to tax carbon emissions, saying time is running out to avert catastrophic climate disruption.

US Lawmakers Call for News Corp. Investigation

The fallout from the News of the World  hacking scandal seems far from contained this morning, as U.S. lawmakers call for an investigation into whether any American laws were broken during the alleged hacking practices at News Corporation’s British newspaper  subsidiary  News International. Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer, Jay Rockefeller, and Frank Lautenberg, called for the FBI to investigate  the […]

Boxer Sets Agenda on Environment

Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer is an outspoken critic of President Bush and the Republican environmental policy. Now, the California senator is gearing up to take charge of the Environment and Public Works committee. At the top of her agenda: climate ch

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Senate Seat Showdown

California’s three-term U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer is chair of the Senate’s powerful Environment and Public Works Committee. Now this veteran Democrat is facing a stiff challenge from a Republican woman who was once one of the country’s most powerful fema

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