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      <excerpt>...they have done of the Senate climate bill. &#8220;I have done something unprecedented as far as we can tell,&#8221; Boxer said. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and other committee Democrats rallied around Boxer, charging Republicans with obstructionism. The EP</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...substantive debate. &quot;The 'Party of No' not only doesn't want to be productive, they don't want to look productive,&quot; said Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), to a role of empty Republican seats across the room. Whitehouse also pointed out that it would be diffi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...bill has ever had this level of review, and the Obama administration stands behind the EPA's analysis,&#8221; Boxer said. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. said there was no need for &#8220;a lengthy, complex ... analysis of something that has already been analyz</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Co-sponsored by Senators Max Baucus (D-MT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Tom Udall (D-NM), the &amp;quot;Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act&amp;quot; (S. 1933) provides a framework for protecting and restoring wildlife and natural resources from ...</excerpt>
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