Senate committee to tackle climate measure despite boycott threats

Democrats on the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee said they would proceed with discussing climate legislation today despite a planned boycott by some Republicans seeking further analysis of the measure. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who heads the panel, aims to get the committee's approval for the bill before an international global-warming summit in Copenhagen that will be held in December.

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