<![CDATA[Union Makes Last-Minute Pitch For Climate Change Bill's Passage]]>

1.0 link 221360 <![CDATA[Union Makes Last-Minute Pitch For Climate Change Bill's Passage]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/26/union-backs-climate-bill_n_221360.html With Congress expected to vote on a 1,201-page climate change bill on Friday, one of the country's largest unions is sending word to Democrats from conservative or blue-collar districts: They'll back them up for their vote.

The AFL-CIO sent a letter to the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill on Thursday urging passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, otherwise known as Waxman-Markey. It is, an aide says, "the most comprehensive climate change - and jobs...

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