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The Associated Press: Party tussle ensnares Obama's global warming goals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are fighting over control of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the outcome could affect President-elect Obama's efforts to limit the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming.
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Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., who was working the phones to drum up support for Dingell, said claims by Waxman's supporters that Dingell would not advance climate legislation quickly were "not based in reality."

"This climate change bill is not a slam dunk," said Doyle. "It is not like we have overwhelming votes in the House and Senate."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., have not taken sides. Obama's camp is also staying out of it.
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Waxman, 69, has headed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that has spent the past two years taking the Bush administration to task over global warming and muzzling government scientists. It has also investigated the White House's political operation, steroids in sports and, most recently, abuses behind the financial collapse.

He wrote a global warming bill last year that attracted 155 co-sponsors, all Democrats, well below the 218 needed to pass the House.