McCain Eyes Changes To Climate Bill To Bolster Senate Support

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is considering changes to three key areas of his legislation that would impose first-time economy-wide mandates to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, in an attempt to garner new support for the bill and reclaim votes he lost after adding a provision to offer incentives for nuclear power, a Republican source says. McCain and co-sponsor Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) are considering changes that may be necessary to gather sufficient bipartisan support to pass the bill including: altering the...