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Media Hysteria Over Republican Congress
The Republican victory in the midterm election has been hyped up as a watershed political moment, but is the media hyping this more than is responsible? Jake Pentland talks about how the hype...

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The Obama administrations top environmental regulator sought to counter criticism from Republican lawmakers that a U.S.-China climate pact requires little of China while forcing steep U.S. emissions cuts.

Gina McCarthy, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said China needs to take immediate steps to burn less coal and increase its use of renewable energy to meet its goal of capping carbon emissions by 2030.

This is a big change that requires a lot of action to turn their economy around, McCarthy said today at a breakfast meeting with reporters in Washington. They need to make an immediate shift.

Culminating months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a joint pledge last week intended to spur international talks on a climate pact. The U.S. agreed to cut emissions 26 percent to 28 percent by 2025 from its peak in 2005. China didnt agree to cut emissions, but did, for the first time, pledge to end the growth in its emissions before 2030.

Steep cuts in the U.S. compared with a cap in China were seized on by Republicans as a sign that the U.S. is taking all the pain, while China wont need to do anything for years.

In the presidents climate-change deal, the United States will be required to more steeply reduce our carbon emissions while China wont have to reduce anything, said Oklahoma Republican Senator James Inhofe, in line to head the Environment and Public Works Committee in the next Congress. A promise to peak its carbon emissions only allows the worlds largest economy to buy time.

McCarthy said at the breakfast, hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, that China cant delay if it intends to cut emissions while fueling economic growth. China also agreed to get 20 percent of its energy from non-fossil sources by 2030, a step that will require massive investments soon, she said.

Separately today, McCarthy said the agency will issue plans to limit methane emissions by Dec. 21, and said she is confident Obama wouldnt let congressional Republicans gut EPA funding or roll back environmental regulations its pursuing.

The president has been very clear in supporting this agency, she said. Hes made very clear what his priorities are.

To contact the reporter on this story: Mark Drajem in Washington at mdrajem@bloomberg.net

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- As President Barack Obama says he's prepared to use executive action and bypass Congress on immigration policy, a Republican leader on Sunday said his party could move to shut down the government, according to media reports. Several Republicans have said they were seeking alternatives to directly threatening the government shutdown, which Republican lawmakers admitted would be less than an ideal approach, Reuters reported. Republicans "are looking at different options about how best to respond to the president's unilateral action," South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune told "Fox News Sunday." "But my concern is shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem.... But we are having those discussions. We are going to continue to meet about this. I know the House leaders are talking about this. The Senate leaders are talking about it."

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Republican Women Make Gains In Legislature

More Republican women are headed to the California Legislature for the new session. The GOP added two women in the Senate, bringing the number of female Republican Senators to four. In the Assembly, there are now eight Republican women, an increase of one. Political Consultant Mike Madrid said that means nearly 30 percent of the Republican Assembly Caucus is female.

"Thats compared to 20 percent of Democrats. Thats a significant number, a very significant change in dynamics," he said. "And I think it will set a new direction, if you will, with Republicans, at least with policy issues that they prioritize."

While Democratic women are still in the majority they did not increase their numbers in the election.

Madrid said early data suggests Republican women also made gains at the city and county levels. He said these additions might broaden the discussion around whats considered "womens issues."

"Not just conservative women, but it will be women who are saying maybe reproductive rights arent the main priority for women, generally, he said. There are economic concerns, there are pocketbook concerns, there are family concerns and maybe we should start talking about those as women issues as much as we talk about reproductive rights being a womens issue."

Madrid said its not clear whether the election of more Republican women is an anomaly or the beginning of a larger trend.

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