Kerry Says Many Republicans Are Ready To Make A Deal On Climate Bill

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Kerry Says Many Republicans Are Ready To Make A Deal On Climate Bill

May 12, 2010 7 Comments ›› Pat Dollard

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) insisted Wednesday that multiple Republicans are interested in the climate and energy bill he unveiled with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).

“The President and [Senate Majority Leader] Harry Reid are with us,” Kerry said at an afternoon press conference on the bill. “And I have heard even several Republicans in these last days tell me in private that they are encouraged by what is in this bill, and they are anxious to review it and to work on it.”

Finding GOP backing is critical because Democrats are a vote shy of the 60-vote majority needed to beat back filibusters.

Also, the votes of a handful of Republicans are needed to advance a climate and energy bill, because some Democrats are expected to oppose the legislation.

Reid noted recently that GOP backing is needed for the bill.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) helped Kerry and Lieberman craft the energy and climate bill but has stepped back from the effort. He argues that Democratic plans to bring up immigration legislation, and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, have made advancing the bill politically impossible.

MinneSoCold

The average republican voter replied, “And a handful of Republican Senators will be replaced with REAL Republicans this November.”
mike3481

Love the photo, the lazy left eye speaks volumes about his IQ.

:beer:
0311inOHio (I didn’t drink the kool-Aid)

Just read the book “Climategate” by Brian Sussman.. Awesome read. Keep your barf bucket close by. World Net Daily is the publisher.
jasjfarrell

No No No. Climate bill? This will raise gas and electric rates through the roof. That is the plan. A total scam. Obama and the democrats have driven our country into unending debt.

Don’t forget the VAT tax. That is next on the agenda. A bunch of weasels.
Richwill

Any Republican that joins lurch in getting this bill passed needs to be voted out of office, forthwith. I know a better way to deal with lurch and his sycophants, but I could go to jail for expressing it.