Public Policy & Government

Actor Jon Voight greets Taylor Garman, 9, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, during a rally against the Democrats’ health care reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 5, 2009. Thousands of protestors turned out to rally against the nearly 2000 page bill. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
Date Taken: November 5, 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with President Ian Khama of Botswana in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on November 5, 2009. UPI/Ron Sachs/Pool
Date Taken: November 5, 2009

Protestors hold signs during a rally against the Democrats’ health care reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 5, 2009. Thousands turned out to protest the nearly 2000 page bill. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
Date Taken: November 5, 2009

Actor Jon Voight greets demonstrators during a rally against the Democrats’ health care reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 5, 2009. Thousands of protestors turned out to rally against the nearly 2000 page bill. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
Date Taken: November 5, 2009

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.
Democrats voted 11-1 to pass the bill, with Sen. Max Baucus of Montana the lone “no” vote, The Hill reported.
Republicans had been boycotting the committee meetings to protest the measure’s [...]