The energy/climate bill will be released the week of July 26, giving the Senate a short window of opportunity to debate and pass it before its August recess. Two big questions: what's in it? and does it stand a chance? Answering the second is anyone's guess, and it'll depend in part on the answer to the first.
In the last few weeks, it seems that half the Senators have introduced their ideas on clean energy bills. Some, like the Oil Independence for a Stronger America bill sponsored by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), are good; some, like the Carbon Capture and Storage Deployment Act by senators George Voinovich (R-OH) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), are horrible. Motives are transparent: place options on table, build coalitions, fold into big bill.
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