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California politics updates: State GOP leadership wrestles with aftermath of bipartisan cap-and-trade vote
California politics updates: State GOP leadership wrestles with aftermath of bipartisan cap-and-trade vote July 20, 2017, 7:43 p.m.
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- After receiving pressure to step down because of his cap-and-trade vote, Assembly GOP leader Chad Mayes
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