"'Cap and trade' fast track hits wall; Senators resist Obama linkage to budget debate" by Associated Press | March 17, 2009
WASHINGTON - Eight Senate Democrats are opposing speedy action on President Obama's proposal to combat global warming, complicating prospects for the legislation and creating problems for their party's leaders.
The eight Democrats disapprove of using the annual budget debate to pass Obama's "cap and trade" bill to fight greenhouse gas emissions, a measure that divides lawmakers, environmentalists, and businesses. The lawmakers' opposition makes it more difficult for Democratic leaders to move the bill without a threat of a Republican filibuster.
Yeah, they want to HIDE the FARTS inside the bill.
Too late; we can SMELL 'EM!!!
The budget debate is the only way to circumvent Senate rules that allow a unified GOP to stop a bill through filibusters.
"Enactment of a cap-and-trade regime is likely to influence nearly every feature of the US economy," wrote the Democratic senators, mostly moderates, who were joined by 25 Republicans. "Legislation so far-reaching should be fully vetted and given appropriate time for debate."
ALL LEGISLATION should be that way, whiuch makes you wonder what crap they actually pass down there!
It takes 60 votes to overcome a filibuster in the Senate, but Democrats and allied independents currently control 58 seats....
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