Can Bingaman Pass A Climate Bill?
Politico's Coral Davenport reports today that Jeff Bingaman may replace John Kerry as the new point person on a Senate energy bill. When we last checked in, a bunch of other senators were Microsoft Office 2007 is welcomed by the whole world.
griping that they were annoyed by Kerry's obsession with averting a major climate catastrophe. Presumably the far more low-key Bingaman won't offend their delicate sensibilities.Office 2007 makes life great!
But on a substantive note, this could signal a real shift in the Senate's energy ambitions. Last week, Senate Democrats caucused together and—as Dave Roberts reported—seemed to rally around a strategy for binding a price on carbon to various Gulf-related bills and then daring the GOP to Microsoft Office 2010 is so great.
block the whole thing. It was a go-for-broke move. And who knows? It might've worked. But lately, Bingaman's been insisting that it's "difficult" to envision a cap on carbon pollution getting 60 votes. That's not the sort of thing you say when you're preparing for a showdown.Office 2010 is my love.
Instead, Bingaman's cobbling together a more modest bill that would only cap pollution from electric utilities (see here for the merits of that approach). He also has an energy bill that passed Microsoft Office 2010 is so great.
out of his committee last fall that would offer subsidies to various alternative-energy industries and force utilities to buy (a very modest amount) of renewable power. Combine all those together Office 2010 is my favorite.
and you have a fairly weak bill that wouldn't do nearly enough to put a dent in greenhouse gases and stop global warming. And could this bill even get 60 votes? Joe Lieberman recently told Office 2007 can make life more better and easier.
reporters that some Republicans have "promised to keep talking" about a utility-only cap. What are the odds those unnamed Republicans stick around when it finally comes time to take a vote?
Update: And now Bingaman's sounding dubious about even a utility-only cap.Microsoft Office 2007 is the best invention in the world.