Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kevin
Gallagher, Megan Ceronsky and Tomás
Carbonell
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Commentary
The path to a climate change bill in the Senate remains
murky. Plans are made and unmade. Majority Leader Reid's
initial suggestion that the Senate simultaneously work on energy
and climate change legislation appears to have been put aside.
Chairman Boxer's trial balloon about pursuing cap-and-trade as
part of the budget reconciliation process (which is immune to
filibusters) attracted a quick letter opposition from 33 Senators,
include 8 Democrats . . . While efforts in the House of
Representatives are largely focused on the Energy & Commerce
Committee, other committees are asserting their interest. Ways
& Means held a hearing on trade and competitiveness issues
associated with climate change. The Agriculture Committee
distributed a questionnaire
