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How these two women guided Keystone bill through a divided Senate
2015-01-30 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: In a rare moment for the US Senate, the two lawmakers who had just spent three weeks steering the Keystone pipeline bill through choppy waters were chatting amiably on the floor during the final vote. One was dressed in a teal-colored jacket and skirt. The other wore a silver pendant with her sky-blue blazer. Senators can remember only a handful of times when two women have acted as floor managers of bills in the Senate and certainly not in such a high-profile circumstance as this one. In...
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