The U.S. Congress has also largely lost interest in how the U.N. handles the money of U.S. taxpayers.

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"These clobbered towns may get some interim relief from Congress, " says William Ward, a Florham Park, N.

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But when you look at his, you know, 14 years in Congress and secretary of energy under Bill Clinton, and U.N. ambassador and two-term governor of New Mexico, you know, you compare him to some others who may have less experience and say, well, this guy has in a lot of rounded - a well-rounded resume.

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It also sent a succession of Republicans to Congress, although it preferred the moderate-to-liberal models such as Paul N.

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There are also some Obama-backed U.N. treaties that defeated globalist-oriented lame-duck members of Congress with nothing to lose may successfully help to push through for ratification before leaving office.

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Since the U.S. Congress has thus far failed to enact comprehensive cap-and-trade legislation and the last U.N.

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The U.N. envoy praised representatives from the Congolese government and the main rebel group, the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), for taking part in the talks.

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