It seems that there is bipartisan blame to go around in moving forward with climate change legislation. Looks like the nation’s legislative priorities won’t change until the Senate does.
Supporters of a bill that would require greenhouse gases to be cut markedly and nudge the nation’s energy priorities away from fossil fuels acknowledged privately Thursday that they don’t have the votes to overcome strong opposition to the measure.
Even some Democrats shied away from supporting the legislation when it became clear that because of maneuvering by both sides they would not be able to get changes in the bill that they viewed as critical to their support.
President Bush has said he viewed the bill as a tax on Americans and he would veto it should it ever reach his desk.
In fact, it became increasingly clear as the week wore on that the climate bill — viewed by many environmentalists as historic and essential — was unlikely to survive the Senate, much less make it to the White House.
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