Obama Wants Senate to Tackle Climate Bill After Wall St. Reforms. By Darren Samuelsohn, ClimateWire, April 19, 2010. "President Obama expects the Senate to move on to comprehensive energy and climate change legislation once it finishes work over the next few weeks on Wall Street regulatory reform... Obama predicted several weeks of Senate debate on the financial reform package, with lawmakers working behind the scenes on a climate bill that must get support from industry if it has any chance of passing. 'There has been a good bipartisan process taking place that would put a price on carbon,' Obama said. 'The one thing will be for the business community to be with us on this.' Obama said he expected a tough political fight cobbling together the votes on the Senate bill, which lead authors John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) have dubbed the 'American Power Act.' The Senate trio plans to release the bill next Monday."
2010-04-28
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