Senate Shelves Cap-n-Bleed Until September

But, not to worry; the Dems are re-tooling it (i.e. – cramming more pork into it) to garner the votes they need to get it through the Senate in September…

Obama’s drive for climate change bill delayed

By Richard Cowan
Reuters – Washington Post
Thursday, July 9, 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s push for quick action by Congress on climate change legislation suffered a setback on Thursday when the U.S. Senate committee leading the drive delayed work on the bill until September.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer said her self-imposed deadline of early August for finishing writing a bill to combat global warming has been put off until after Congress returns from a recess that ends in early September.

“We’ll do it as soon as we get back” from that break, Boxer told reporters. Asked if this delay jeopardizes chances the Senate will pass a bill this year, Boxer said, “Not a bit … we’ll be in (session) until Christmas, so I’m not worried about it.”

But Boxer did not guarantee Congress will be able to finish a bill and deliver it to Obama by December, when he plans to attend an international summit on climate change in Copenhagen.

“I want to take this as far as we can take it (before Copenhagen). The more we do the better,” Boxer said.

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Gee, that makes me feel so much safer, now…

In case you didn’t know, that was sarcasm.

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