Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) used a House hearing on climate change Friday to serve up a reminder of Mitt Romney’s past support for cap-and-trade, a policy that the GOP White...
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Ed Markey needles Romney as ‘visionary’ on cap-and-trade
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