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David Sandalow, assistant secretary of state for energy, said the continuation of business as usual in China would result in a 2.7C rise in global temperatures by 2050 even if every other country slashed greenhouse gas emissions by 80%.

Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Ways and Means panel leans toward skipping markup of cap-and-trade [swindle] bill

The House Ways and Means Committee appears headed toward fast-track approval of the global warming and energy bill so as not to lose momentum on President Obama’s call to enact a health care reform law by the fall.

Obama welcomed Democratic members of the powerful tax-writing panel to the White House yesterday where the focus was primarily on the health care legislation — and a presidential request to get a bill to his desk by Oct. 1.

Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) told reporters that lawmakers also raised their work on the climate change bill with Obama, but only in the context of how it was diverting their attention from the health care debate.

Why is The Most Important Issue of All Time now playing second fiddle to health care reform?