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Bingaman calls broad climate bills dead in the next Congress

by Ben Geman - 09/22/10 9:36 PM ET

Sweeping climate bills that would impose greenhouse gas limits on broad swaths of the economy collapsed in the Senate this year after a major bill narrowly passed the House in 2009. And Republicans, who largely oppose emissions limits, are poised for gains in the mid-term elections.

“I’d be surprised if that kind of a comprehensive climate and energy bill could pass both houses of Congress in the next Congress, since they’ve been unable to pass in this Congress,” Bingaman told Reuters Wednesday.

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