TheHill.com - Van Hollen: Climate bill could wait

The House may not vote on a climate change bill this year, according to a high-ranking Democratic leader.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told The Hill on Monday that leaders could opt not to bring a climate measure to the floor if the bill has little chance of passing the Senate.

Prometheus » Blog Archive » Maybe [not in 2010 either]?

I’ll go out on a limb here and predict that there will be little stomach among Democrats for a bruising debate over cap-and-trade 6 months before a mid-term election. Republicans, on the other hand, probably welcome the new schedule.