The Politico is reporting that some of the more moderate Democratic senators are asking the White House to drop the cap-and-trade legislation. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) told the Politico that she and several Senate Democrats told the Obama Administration that the cap-and-trade bill should be put off.
It seems that the contentious battle over health care has taken its toll. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) have all indicated that passage of cap and trade next year is unlikely.
While some Republicans, including Susan Collins (R-Maine), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), have been working on possible bipartisan climate bills, only Senator Graham supports a broad cap-and-trade system, the other Republicans are offering more targeted proposals.
Ultimately there may be little appetite during an election year for engaging in another heated battle over a massive change to the U.S. economy, which the majority of Republicans oppose, when the main focus of the American people is not cap-and-trade, but jobs.
Photo: File - Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., arrives for an early vote, followed by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
Further reading:
Cantwell-Collins bill - http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/71995-cantwell-collins-climate-bill-attracts-new-support-but-may-lose-some
Lugar examines caps for power plants - http://www.eenews.net/public/Greenwire/2009/11/18/2
Graham defends cap and trade - http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2009/10/21/graham-defends-cap-and-trade-position/
Copyright 2009 - K.J.Collins
Comments
No one in the far left environmental community supports the Democrap bill either because it is nothing but an industry handout bill. No corporate welfare.
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