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Murkowski Resolution Goes Down to Defeat in Stupid Episode that Means Nothing
06.13.10
Then there were the dumb arguments in favor of the resolution. Senators supporting Murky took to the floor, one after the other, to say, "This isn't about science." But that's just false: The endangerment finding is a scientific judgment. Overturning it means overturning a scientific judgment. That's about science. (Oklahoma's Tom Coburn couldn't resist pointing out that he's a "trained scientist" and in his estimation, the whole climate change thing is hokum.)
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