Obama to senators: Include carbon limits in energy package

[ProSense]

Source: The Hill

Leading Senate advocates of climate change legislation emerged from a White House meeting proclaiming that President Barack Obama offered firm support for including greenhouse gas curbs in the broad energy package slated for Senate debate this summer.

“The president was very clear about putting a price on carbon and limiting greenhouse gas emissions,” Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said outside the White House after the roughly 90-minute meeting between Obama and a bipartisan group of roughly 20 senators.

Carbon pricing is shorthand for cap-and-trade or other methods for creating a cost for emitting greenhouse gases. “ was very strong about the need to put a price on carbon and make polluters pay,” said Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who authored a sweeping climate and energy bill with Kerry.

The president's comment is significant because a strong White House push is considered vital to keeping Senate prospects for including emissions limits in the energy package alive. Kerry and Lieberman also said they are offering to compromise and scale back the reach of their bill.



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/106201-obama-pushes-senators-to-include-carbon-limits-in-senate-energy-bill-kerry-and-lieberman-say

[Soylent Brice]

1. K&R

[h9socialist]

2. Thank You, Mr. President!

[politicasista]

3. Kick

:kick: :patriot:

[blm]

4. This article is a lot more fairly written the others posted.

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[blm]

5. but, I do think the WH needs to stand tougher FOR the better bill and show some loyalty for

the better bill and for Kerry, who has done so much for them.

[groundloop]

6. Good news.... However, there's still that pesky problem of 60 votes....

to overcome a filibuster. I'll be surprised to see a single GOPer break ranks to "allow an up or down vote".