Ewire: DNC rejects presidential climate debate -- for now

A Democratic National Committee (DNC) panel has rejected a resolution calling for a party-sanctioned presidential primary debate on climate change -- a setback for progressive candidates who wanted a debate to spotlight the issue, although the DNC dropped a ban on candidates taking part in third-party climate debates. The 17-8 vote came during an Aug. 22 meeting of the DNC “resolutions committee” in San Francisco, according to a report in The Hill that also references reporting by the Mercury...