Reid Discusses Path Forward on Energy Bill
Reid Discusses Path Forward on Energy Bill
July 13, 2010 by senatus
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) “will bring a sweeping energy and climate bill to the floor as early as the week of July 26, including a controversial cap on emissions from power plants,” POLITICO reports.
The Nevada Democrat told reporters Tuesday following the party’s weekly caucus luncheon that he’s got a “rough draft” in the assembly stage with a goal of introducing the measure before the end of the month.
Reid confirmed that the bill will have four sections: an oil spill response; a clean energy and job creation title; a tax package from the Finance Committee; and a section that deals with greenhouse gas emissions from the electric utility industry.
“In this stage, we’ve not completed it, but we’re looking at a way that’s making sure when we talk about pollution, it’ll focus just on the utility sector,” Reid said.
Underscoring the “delicate nature of the debate, Reid insisted that the proposal he will introduce should not be called a cap-and-trade plan, or even a cap on emissions.”
“I don’t use that,” he said. “Those words are not in my vocabulary. We’re going to work on pollution.”
