Scott Brown’s Win Could Impact More Than Health Care The Hill points out that Sen.-elect Scott Brown’s (R-MA) victory last night could impact more than just the health care vote: “Democrats, already fractious, are likely to be even more on edge. Lawmakers already worried about addressing issues such as climate change and immigration may grow more anxious about taking politically dangerous votes in an election year where voters have suggested they are disillusioned with Washington. An early legislative victim may be climate change, though its future was in doubt before the rumblings in Massachusetts.”
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