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The Deniers' Last Stand

Explore the few vocal global warming deniers in Congress and their diminishing political influence on climate legislation.

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The Post has an interesting profile today of remaining global warming deniers in Congress. It says there are only 10 who are really vocal, all of them Republicans--at least according to an "informal survey" the paper has taken. I bet the number is much higher, although I agree that not all GW deniers are very outspoken. Among the "vocal" ones identified by the Post are John Boehner (Ohio), Joe Barton (Texas), Steven Scalise (Louisiana), Dana Rohrabacher (California), James Inhofe (Oklahoma), and John Shimkus (Illinois). All--with the exception of Scalise--are people we have had merry fun with in the past on this blog. The Post piece is interesting, but it doesn't lay out what I believe is likely to be the ultimate fate, political and otherwise, of these deniers. So if you'll permit some conjecture.... Especially if we can get Al Franken seated in the Senate some time soon, a global ...

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