Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) just unveiled their much-anticipated climate and energy bill and expressed optimism that they had the support to pass the country’s first comprehensive climate legislation.
“We are closer than we’ve ever been to a breakthrough,” Kerry said. “We want to make this the More…
At 1:30 p.m., Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will unveil their climate bill to the public. Expect lots of talk about jobs, about ending our dependence on foreign oil, about the key role for nuclear power and clean coal. Don’t expect to hear much about climate change, More…
Below is the leaked text of the draft climate bill that Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will unveil tomorrow (via Post Carbon):
Looks like last month’s massive oil spill will have an impact on drilling provisions in the climate bill after all. The Washington Post reports that the climate bill Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will introduce tomorrow — without their erstwhile partner Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) More…
In a symbolic gesture, the Senate this afternoon approved a resolution calling for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democacy activist and Nobel Laureate whose been under house arrest at the hands of Burma’s military leaders for most of the last two decades. The resolution also More…
So say Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who just issued a joint statement announcing the unveiling. Notably, their statement doesn’t begin with the topic of climate change, but with a long mention of Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), the lone Republican to show interest in the proposal, and, More…
After Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) withdrew from the process of drafting comprehensive climate legislation last month — to protest Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) prioritization of immigration reform — observers were left wondering whether Graham would still be inclined to support the eventual bill, even if he wasn’t part of More…
Yesterday, after three Democratic senators urged their party’s leaders not to include an expansion of offshore oil drilling in climate legislation, I speculated on whether conservatives in the Democratic caucus would continue to insist on more drilling, now that the politics of the issue have taken a southward turn. More…
Appearing on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports just now, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) sounded an optimistic note about the prospects for comprehensive climate legislation this year and expressed dismay at Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) indication that immigration reform would be a higher priority — a move that led Sen. Lindsey More…
And just like that, the bill that Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) were planning to unveil on Monday gets put on indefinite hold.
The New York Times has the story.
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