Healthcare Delay May Complicate Climate Debate. By Richard Cowen, Reuters, July 23, 2009. "The U.S. Senate's failure to hold to its early August deadline to pass a major healthcare bill could complicate another of President Barack Obama's top policy priorities: the fight against climate change. Already facing a crowded autumn schedule, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said debate on legislation to expand healthcare to the uninsured will have to wait until September, as the Democratic-controlled Congress and the White House work to overcome roadblocks. Climate change legislation is not expected to be considered on the Senate floor until October, and a spokesman for Reid reiterated that timetable still holds. But many of the leading senators will likely be preoccupied longer on healthcare reform, which could complicate Obama's efforts to get legislation passed just as the world prepares for a December summit in Copenhagen on global warming."
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