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Climate Change Action Delayed in U.S. Senate
USAgNet - 11/04/2009
Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee boycotted a markup of the Clean Jobs and American Power Act, climate change legislation recently introduced by Senator
Barbara Boxer and Senator John Kerry. Citing a lack of analysis and modeling by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the minority members chose to not appear for the markup.
Even though there were no Republicans present, Chairwoman Boxer still chose to conduct the committee meeting. However, she agreed to not continue on with an official markup, and instead held a briefing
for committee members from the EPA.
There are still many questions of how this will all play out moving forward. One potential scenario has Majority Leader Harry Reid combining the bill that would result from Chairwoman Boxer's panel with
other components from five other committees of jurisdiction, including the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Following the merge, the new legislation would be sent to the EPA for a full analysis to be conducted, which is anticipated to take five weeks. Nevertheless, it appears to be very unlikely that climate
legislation will reach the Senate floor prior to the end of the year.
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