Friday, May 01, 2009

House climate [fraud] bill markup plans uncertain as Dems lack votes - NYTimes.com
Prospects of a House subcommittee markup next week on a major energy and global warming bill appear dim as the panel's Democratic leaders head into the weekend without a clear signal that they have enough votes to move the legislation.

"I think it's a real open question, don't you?" Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) told reporters yesterday when asked about Democrats' plans to mark up a bill in the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee.
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Nearly all Republicans on the panel also outright oppose the cap-and-trade approach for dealing with climate change.

"There's going to be hundreds of amendments," Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, the subcommittee's top Republican, said earlier this week. "This is going to be a long process."

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