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The main climate question for the G20 was how to finance global carbon emission reductions, and how to help developing nations that stand to lose the most from climate change adapt to a warmer world. That latter issue is a chief sticking point for the ongoing U.N. climate negotiations, in...
When the Undergraduate Council opens its first session of the year this Sunday, representatives will find themselves operating in a new landscape.The UC enters the 2009-2010 school year with 16 additional members, three additional committees, and a new working relationship with the College administration.Most representatives say the changes in...
The answer is all of the above. As the only Republican on the Finance Committee still in talks with Democrats on a final bill, Snowe now finds herself with extraordinary leverage as crunch time hits for health reform. Snowe could provide the 60th vote that may be needed for Democrats...
Snowe tried to tackle the problem during her stint as chairwoman of the Senate's Small Business Committee, but she got nowhere. "We had a debate for a week on the floor back in 2006 for small-business health-insurance legislation," she says. "We never could reach a consensus and...
Standing Apart I caught up with Snowe in the chandeliered reception room adjacent to the Senate chamber as she was racing from the Finance Committee's first drafting session for its health-care bill to a vote on the Senate floor and then to a luncheon with her Republican colleagues...