Democrats Say Reid Grapples With Energy Bill Deadline - BusinessWeek

Reid previously said he was close to announcing the bill’s details and aimed to open Senate debate on the measure next week. During Senate Democrats’ weekly luncheon yesterday on Capitol Hill, though, lawmakers said Reid told them the bill remained far from finished.

“Frankly, I’m having trouble with this one,” Senator Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent who caucuses with the Democrats, quoted Reid as saying.
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Some Democrats, including West Virginia’s Jay Rockefeller, Iowa’s Tom Harkin and Arkansas’ Mark Pryor, doubt a cap-and- trade plan can pass. The proposal is a “pretty tough sell,” Senator Evan Bayh, an Indiana Democrat, told reporters.