BARBARA BOXER AND ROGER WILKINS RECIEVE GALA AWARDS IN WASHINGTON
Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) accepts her award at the Gala Awards Dinner as part of the Take America Back Campaign in Washington on June 19, 2007. (UPI Photo/ Dominic Bracco II)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a climate bill Thursday even as Republican committee members boycotted the meeting.