Energy Bill...dead...for 2003 (strategic intrigue inside)

[Kolesar]

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-11-25/s_10746.asp

Senate gives up on energy legislation for this year

Tuesday, November 25, 2003
By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The Senate dropped efforts Monday to pass energy
legislation this year after repeated attempts failed to find the
two additional votes needed to push the bill through Congress.
Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., concluded there was not
enough time before the Senate was to begin its holiday recess to
find a compromise that would be acceptable by the House and
overcome a Democratic-led filibuster in the Senate.

Bush administration officials said the White House was ready to
push for the legislation in January, confident that Republican
leaders will be able to get the support needed to pass the bill
in the Senate.
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The GOP source said several Democrats had expressed a
willingness to shift their votes and support the energy bill if
the MTBE liability provision was taken out but backed away from
the idea after Republicans won a key vote on a prescription drug
bill.

"It was like a door slamming shut," said the source, who spoke
on condition of anonymity.
...edit...

[xchrom]

1. there' very little i like

about this energy bill period.
so i'm not even excited about it's delay.
it just seems so backward -- and how are so many dems missing the point that few{who support them} like this thing?
perhaps i live in an alternate reality. yeah, yeah -- i know -- ya don't need to say it.

[SHRED]

2. Terrible Bill

Very shortsighted and oil driven. Gee.... I wonder why?
http://lcv.org/