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House committee OKs climate-change bill

May. 21, 2009
Democratic leaders' plan to impose the first national limits on greenhouse gases cleared a major congressional hurdle Thursday when a House committee passed sweeping climate-change legislation. The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 33-25 - mostly...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch