Senate Hands Consolation Prize To Proponents Of Mandatory Climate Program

Opponents of greenhouse gas controls failed June 22 to block Senate approval of a non-binding resolution calling for Congress to adopt a mandatory climate change program, handing proponents of binding rules a consolation prize after the 38-60 defeat of a proposal by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) for a cap-and-trade emissions program. While the resolution was approved by voice vote, a vote to kill the measure failed 43-54, and environmentalists are now arguing that it puts the...