House Dems Improve Climate Bill's Chances for Floor Win With Deal on Ag Issues - NYTimes.com

All that said, Pelosi still won't cross 218 without winning support from some of her most senior members, as well as a cross section of rank-and-file and freshmen members.

Two committee chairmen, for example, said yesterday they had yet to make up their minds.

"Just a matter of what it's going to mean for West Virginia," said Natural Resources Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.). "My people are not convinced it's going to be a benefit at this point."