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Talks intensify in search for committee win on emissions bill
House Democrats are working behind the scenes to build a winning coalition on a major energy and global warming bill, but it is unclear if they will be successful. The closed-door negotiations involve leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee and about a dozen of the panel's moderate and conservative Democrats who are concerned that the draft legislation circulated earlier this month pushes too fast to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Go to story #1