Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 01/14/2010 6:02:58 PM PST by jazusamo
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday said that there is room on the busy Senate calendar to bring up a sweeping energy and climate change bill this spring.
His comments – in a speech before a geothermal energy group in New York – come amid speculation that tackling controversial plans to impose limits on greenhouse gases may fall by the wayside.
“We have a lot on our plate. We have to finish reforming health insurance and Wall Street, and also must help bring Americans out of unemployment. But we are not so busy that we can’t find the time to address comprehensive energy and climate legislation,” Reid said, according to his prepared remarks.
“Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman have taken a lead in trying to craft a framework that would get more than 60 votes. We will need at least that many for two reasons: One, because any bill that seeks to rein in global warming pollution will be fought very hard by the same companies that profit most heavily from polluting. And two, because the rules of the Senate make it easy for a determined minority to stand in the way of all the good ideas you’re hearing at this forum,” he added.
Reid also spelled out his energy priorities, including a nationwide renewable electricity standard.
Ping!
The Harry Reid political suicide watch continues.
He is politically finished and his son is a joke for governor. I had great respect for Mormons until today when this sbum bag got “mormon of the year” Now I’m out on these Mormons.
hey Dingy, if you want to get Americans out of unemployment, just GO HOME!
Harry has been sniffing glue again.
‘’We have to finish wrecking er reforming healthcare and the banks’’. (We’ll exempt ourselves, don’t worry Ethyl.)
I dreamed this all up.
I had nothing else to do.
My true name is Zuger and I work for NBC.
By nest year, I will have done what Hitler, The Emperor, nor the Kaiser could do.
Mick Jagger always asked for sympathy for the Devil. He’s busy, Mick, that is.
Who needs judgment day, we have Read.
You just may be right. You probably are right and there’s a number of Dems that know it too, I believe that’s why some are starting to hang it up and there’ll be more.
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