Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]

Senate panel OKs emissions bill

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...a reduction in pollution of 20 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050 from 2005 levels. Proponents like Boxer and co-sponsor Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., say the bill will clean the environment and create new jobs, but Republicans say the bill amounts to a

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Senate Democrats Force Climate Bill Through Committee Despite Republican Boycott

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...he could not support the legislation without several changes. "This wasn't easy, but her commitment was resolute," said Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who co-sponsored the bill with Boxer. "Today's step in the process sends a clear message to the world t

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Senate Climate Bill Passes Panel, Baucus Only Dem Against It

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...the bill is a necessary step on the road to garnering the 60 votes we need," said Boxer, who introduced the bill along with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. in late September. "We are pleased that despite the Republican boycott, we have had the will to move thi

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Source: AARP will back Dem health bill

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...a trio of senators with differing political views is working behind the scenes to rescue troubled climate legislation. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., together with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said Wednesday they would work i

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Democrats advance hotly contested climate bill

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...of the seven GOP senators in the room. No amendments were considered. The bill by the California Democrat and Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts will now be merged with legislation being written by five other Senate panels. The bill calls for c

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Senate Democrats advance climate bill without GOP

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...left, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, to discuss climate change legislation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)Sen. Jo

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Letter: Graham doesn't act like a conservative

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...Thurmond was an insult to late senator. Graham is a lot of things, but a Strom Thurmond he is not. He joins up with Sen. John Kerry on the cap and trade bill and says it is OK to cave on your principles. This bill will be the final nail in our economic

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Three senators join forces to rescue climate bill

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...trio of senators - each with differing politics - is launching a rescue effort for troubled climate legislation. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., together with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., announced Wednesday that they would

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Three senators join forces to rescue climate bill

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...— A trio of senators - each with differing politics - is launching a rescue effort for troubled climate legislation. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., together with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., announced Wednesday that the

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3 senators join forces to rescue climate bill

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, to discuss climate change legislation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)From left, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. take part in a news conference on Capitol Hi

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3 senators join forces to rescue climate bill

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...working behind the scenes to rescue troubled climate legislation. AP - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, accompanied by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., gestures ... Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., together with Sen. Lind

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Lindsey Graham, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman crafting new climate change bill

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...common ground on climate change legislation. The South Carolina Republican and two of his colleagues from the Northeast, Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, said this afternoon theyre beginning work to craft a bill pal

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Halloween (eye) candy for Sen. John Kerry

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...would think by now, Sen. John Kerry would have learned to avoid co-eds packing Instamatics! But nooooo. Our senior senator was captured in yet another embarrassing Kodak moment with a couple of Emerson College students, who popped by his posh Louisburg

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Paying for Prayer

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...treatments as medical expenses. The provision was inserted by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R- Utah) with the support of Democratic Sens. John F. Kerry and the late Edward M. Kennedy — both of Massachusetts, home to the headquarters of the Church of Christ, Sc

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Republican senators boycott debate of climate change bill

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...of South Carolina became the first Republican to endorse the Senate version of the climate bill. On Wednesday, he and Sen. John Kerry (D) of Massachusetts expect to meet with Obama administration officials to work out compromises in the Kerry-Boxer clim

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Partisan divide paralyzes climate debate

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...not only was the EPA analysis of the House global warming bill extensive, but that the measure authored by Boxer and Sen. John Kerry wasn’t different enough from the House bill to lead to a difference EPA analysis. “I grew up in the inner city,”

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Announcements November 4, 2009

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

... Kerry hires new senior adviser: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) welcomed Daniel Sepulveda to his D.C. office as a senior adviser and member of the senior management team. He will also handle Kerry’s extensive commerce, trade and business portfolio. This w

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Republicans boycott hearing on climate change bill

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...that can simply be fixed on the Senate floor." The House passed climate change legislation in June, and Ms. Boxer and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., introduced a similar bill in September. EPW is the first Senate committee to begin action on the bill, which

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Democrats won't delay climate bill

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...legislation passed by the House in June, rather than solely on the similar Senate measure co-sponsored by Boxer and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. Inhofe joined Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and other Republicans in insisting on “a full and complete a

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Inhofe wants more analysis of climate change bill

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...Republican and others to return to the panel’s hearing room. Boxer defended the current analysis of the measure by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and also scheduled a Tuesday afternoon meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency to go over its work. S

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