Posted on 11/04/2009 1:07:04 PM PST by Mozilla
Even before a Senate committee could begin marking up the "Kerry-Boxer" climate bill, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) himself announced a new "track" of negotiations over climate policy that makes his original bill look somewhat irrelevant.
Kerry, appearing at the U.S. Capitol with Sens. Lindsay O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), said the three legislators would work with business groups and the White House to forge a compromise climate measure that could get 60 votes in the Senate.
These negotiations would be separate from the work that six different Senate committees are doing on climate legislation, including the markup that the Environment and Public Works committee was supposed to begin Tuesday, the senators said. Republican committee members, demanding more Environmental Protection Agency analysis of the bill's impacts, are boycotting that markup, so progress on the legislation has stalled.
Kerry said that the senators were not circumventing that committee's process or ignoring the bill being marked up -- which bears his name, along with that of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). "We're going to take the best [of the bill the committee produces], and we're going to build on it," he said.
Kerry gave few details about when he and the other senators would be done with their work. "When and how it becomes a piece of legislation will be determined by Harry Reid," he said.
Kerry, Graham and Lieberman offered few details about the elements of a climate bill they considered non-negotiable. Graham said that the bill should protect the climate, but also allow for more offshore drilling, an expansion of nuclear energy and an emphasis on "clean coal" technology.
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Lindsay Graham is a RINO!
Hey, F'n! IT'S ALL A LOAD OF CRAP!
Are they insane? There are no issues with CO2 or climate change. This is just a tax to put money in their cronies pockets.
Graham truly is the new McCain.
Graham needs to be defeated in his next election. He is worse than a democrat.
Sick and tired of Graham. He thinks he’s a Democrat. When is somebody is South Carolina gonna challenge this guy?
Huh? When?
The 3 tone-deaf idiots from Washington, DC.
Any of these fools see what happened last night?
Damn the RINO!!
I’ve got no problem with part of what Graham said. We SHOULD pass a bill that includes drilling, nuclear energy, and clean coal...just lose the Cap and Tax stuff and we have a deal!
One can only hope that track leads off the Royal Gorge.
The bill belongs at the bottom of it, in a heap of destruction.
global warming ping
Lindsay Graham (D-S. Car.) there I fixed it
We tried to get rid of him in the primary. Not enough people paying attention as usual. The idiot will be there for 5 more years. Not sure he can be recalled.
Kill the Bill 2, opening today at a Tea Party near you.
There, fixed it.
(Credit to Mark Levin and my sincere apologies to George Lindsey and his fans.)
An incompetent is near impossible to get rid of.
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