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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has decided that this is the perfect moment to launch a brand new congressional caucus. From The Hill:

[Boxer] said Tuesday that she’s forming a “climate change caucus,” and argues that Hurricane Sandy “changed a lot of minds” on the topic. The move signals that Democrats might again be ready to aggressively promote bills to curb greenhouse gas emissions, even as the political prospects for global warming legislation remain remote in Congress. “I am going to form a climate change caucus, because people are coming up to me, they really want to get into this. I think Sandy changed a lot of minds,” Boxer told reporters in the Capitol.

Pack it in, Chevron. Peace out, coal industry. Ya burnt, so to speak. After all, nothing gets things done like a congressional caucus.

That is why there are over 200 of them. A sampling:

2015 Caucus

30 Something Working Group

Americans Abroad Caucus

Armenian Caucus

Bike Caucus AKA Bicycle Caucus

Congressional Bourbon Caucus

Center Aisle Caucus

Congressional Automotive Caucus

Congressional Bicameral Arthritis Caucus

Congressional Boating Caucus

Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues

Congressional Caucus on Youth Sports

Congressional Correctional Officers Caucus

Congressional E-911 Caucus

Congressional Fraternal Caucus

Congressional HUBZone Caucus

Congressional Hockey Caucus

Congressional Horse Caucus

Congressional Kidney Caucus

Congressional Prayer Caucus

Congressional Ski and Snowboard Caucus

Congressional TRIO Caucus

Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus

House Friends of Scotland Caucus

Senate Friends of Scotland Caucus

Future of American Media Caucus

German-American Caucus

House Afterschool Caucus

House Baltic Caucus

House Reading Caucus

Hungarian American Caucus

Interstate 69 Caucus

Liberty Caucus

Minor League Baseball Caucus

North America’s Supercorridor Caucus

Physics Caucus, The

Qatari-American Economic Strategic Defense, Cultural, and Educational Partnership Caucus

River of Trade Corridor Congressional Caucus

Shellfish Caucus

Stop DUI Caucus

TEX-21 Congressional Caucus [Ed. – I mean, does this have multiple members?]

Unexploded Ordnance Caucus

U.S.-Mongolia Friendship Caucus

Youth Challenge Caucus

Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus

Oh, and:

Congressional Climate Caucus

… which was formed in 2006.

So the good news is that climate change is now one of the 250 or so most important issues in front of Congress. The bad news is that members will have to figure out which super-effective climate caucus is cooler.