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GOP aide: Climate fears scrubbed from bill to keep focus on ‘key issues’

by Ben Geman - 09/14/12 5:42 PM ET

The “sense of Congress” section “does not address those key issues, and was therefore not included in this package,” the aide said.

{mosads}The stripped “sense of Congress” section had also said “Congress should fulfill that role by developing policies that do not adversely affect the American economy, energy supplies, and employment.”

The House is slated to debate the broad bill that would also limit other air pollution rules, restrict potential Interior Department rules to toughen environmental controls on coal mining waste, and limit other policies that Republicans say would affect coal development.

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