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      <excerpt>...how environmentalists couch it, cap-and-trade will do virtually nothing to stop global warming, and cap-and-trade, as Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said, is a tax, and a great big one. These are the fundamentals in the cap-and-trade debate, and Republican</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...how environmentalists couch it, cap-and-trade will do virtually nothing to stop global warming, and cap-and-trade, as Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said, is a tax, and a great big one. These are the fundamentals in the cap-and-trade debate, and Republican</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...which also signed onto the letter, Thursday officially endorsed the House healthcare bill. Also, earlier this week, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) on introduced an amendment to the healthcare bill that clarifies certain language regarding reimbursements to sk</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...how environmentalists couch it, cap-and-trade will do virtually nothing to stop global warming, and cap-and-trade, as Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said, is a tax, and a great big one. These are the fundamentals in the cap-and-trade debate, and Republican</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...how environmentalists couch it, cap-and-trade will do virtually nothing to stop global warming, and cap-and-trade, as Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said, is a tax, and a great big one. These are the fundamentals in the cap-and-trade debate, and Republican</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...how environmentalists couch it, cap-and-trade will do virtually nothing to stop global warming, and cap-and-trade, as Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said, is a tax, and a great big one. These are the fundamentals in the cap-and-trade debate, and Republican</excerpt>
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