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Obama Presses Congress to Pass Climate Bill

   VOA News 02 June 2010
   President Barack Obama, 02 Jun 2010

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   President Barack Obama, 02 Jun 2010

   U.S.   President  Barack  Obama  is  calling  for  the  passage  of  a
   comprehensive  energy  and  climate bill and for the country to "fully
   embrace a clean energy future."
   In a speech he is to deliver in Pennsylvania Wednesday, Mr. Obama says
   there  may  not  be  enough  votes  in  the Senate to pass the climate
   legislation  now,  but  he  intends  to find the support in the coming
   months.   The  House  of Representatives has already passed an energy
   and climate bill.
   Mr.  Obama  also  criticizes  opposition Republicans for what he calls
   their failed economic policies of the past, and for not helping in his
   efforts  to improve the economy and implement health insurance reform.
   He  says  Republicans  "sat  on  the  sidelines  and  shouted from the
   bleachers" (were not involved in the process, but still criticized) as
   he sought to implement the reforms. Â
   For  their  part,  Republicans  have  accused Mr. Obama and his fellow
   Democrats  of  extravagant  spending  policies that have driven up the
   debt.

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