> [Patrick, see what we have to contend with here in the USA!]
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> <http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=CD9CFF07-18FE-70B2-A8A448F9F6703C97
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> “Any bill dealing with energy and climate change will have to be
> bipartisan to pass,” said Durbin. “Sen. Kerry assures me that there
> are other [Republicans] that he may have.”
Jim Demint may possible acquiesce to subsidizing oil companies so they can put a few mufflers on their smokestacks if he's given a gentleman's agreement that the baggage handlers at the TSA will be barred from collective bargaining.
-- In Solidarity, Billy O'Connor