Senate Democrats Getting More Pessimistic on Cap and Trade in Energy Bill - NYTimes.com

Senate Democrats may have emerged from their much-hyped caucus meeting without a clear plan for this summer's energy bill, but they appeared to agree on one point: Cap and trade doesn't have the votes.

Flashback - Obama: I intend to find the votes on climate 'in the coming months' - The Hill's E2-Wire

[June 2, 2010] “The votes may not be there right now, but I intend to find them in the coming months. I will make the case for a clean energy future wherever I can, and I will work with anyone from either party to get this done,” Obama plans to say in speech at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon.