Obama to Give Senate Climate [Scam] Bill a Push With MIT Speech - NYTimes.com

Cardin also insisted that the latest draft has been written with help from all of the EPW Committee's Democrats, including coal-state Sens. Max Baucus of Montana and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
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For his part, Specter would not say yesterday how he planned to vote on the climate bill as it comes up for debate in the EPW Committee. "Let me see what it looks like," he said. "We've got a lot of work to do."
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As for a markup, Boxer last week said she wanted to move the climate bill out of her committee during the first two weeks of November but did not want to be pinned down to a specific date. Senate Democratic leaders have since designated Nov. 11-13 as a recess for Veterans' Day, further shrinking Boxer's already small window just to move the bill next month.
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Inhofe last week said Boxer should have little trouble moving the climate bill through the EPW Committee given the Democrats' 12-7 majority. "It will be all theater," he said.
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Voinovich added that he expects Democrats to press for more bipartisan talks early next year once leaders start counting votes and after the conclusion of a major U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

My takeaways:

1. Specter allegedly helped write the bill, but he may vote against it.

2. The Senate would really like to solve The Problem That Might Kill All of Our Grandchildren, but first, they need to take a five-day weekend for Veteran's Day.