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Senator Graham calls for pause in climate bill fight


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who had been collaborating on a compromise climate change and energy bill, on Friday called for putting the legislation on hold following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

    The legislation he had been writing with Democratic Senator John Kerry and Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman contained incentives for expanding offshore oil drilling. "We now have to deal with a catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which creates new policy and political challenges not envisioned in our original discussions. In light of this, I believe it would be wise to pause the process and reassess where we stand," Graham said in a prepared statement.

    (Reporting by Richard Cowan, editing by Vicki Allen)