Senate liberals, who comprise the bulk of the Democratic caucus, are threatening to vote against any energy bill that does not address man-made global warming, or I should say so-called man-made global warming. To have any hope of getting an energy bill out of the Senate, cap and trade needs to be dropped. But the libs want it. The Hill has more:
After watching centrist Democrats and Republicans shrink the 2009 economic stimulus package, strip the public option from healthcare reform and slice a pending package of safety-net program extensions, liberal senators are reaching the limits of their patience.
They don't want to watch leaders rip out what they consider the core element of energy reform and advertise the result as a comprehensive solution.
Yet it appears that is exactly what Senate Democratic leaders plan to do.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to include provisions to address the Gulf oil spill and strengthen regulation of deepwater drilling to the energy legislation, but Reid on Thursday declined to commit to including climate change provisions in the bill.
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