The Senate will not act on climate change in 2010, if conservative Democrats in the Senate like Evan Bayh have their way, and Yglesias, for one, is not happy about it. He writes:
Evan Bayh, too, seems like he wants to write a blog about congressional politics:
“We need to deal with the phenomena of global warming,
but I think it’s very difficult in the kind of economic circumstances
we have right now,” said Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, who called
passage of any economy-wide cap and trade “unlikely.”It is difficult to deal with and passage of an economywide cap does seem unlikely. But, again, it’s only difficult because Senators are making it difficult. It’s only unlikely because Senators are making it unlikely.
If these guys don’t want to vote yes on a clean energy bill, then they
should say what their reasons are, not engage in this kind of odd
prognostication as if they’re detached observers of the scene.
Here's Evan Bayh, in a picture taken just last year, I'm guessing.
If the Senate refuses to act to reduce gas emssions, the Obama administration may have no choice but to go to the stick: the EPA.
Kit Stolz 