Sentences with phrase «pass a climate bill before»

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I have some concerns about the overall direction of the bill before us today, and whether it will lead us closer to or further away from passing climate change legislation.

WTF is going on?Well, the short of it is, at face value, that senator Graham has been uneasy about climate legislation for a little while — after health care reform passed, he made comments about energy reform being dead in the water, and long before that he'd drawn fire from his own party for working with Democrats and pursuing a bill that would price carbon.

It is now clear that the U.S. Senate will not finish a climate bill before the meeting to pair with the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed last July by the House of Representatives.

Through all this, Waxman is sticking to his self - imposed deadline for passing the climate and energy bill out of committee before Congress leaves for its Memorial Day recess, but that's looking less and less likely as the holiday approaches.

With political will running short before the midterm election, the Senate has shown little appetite for a broader, economy - wide climate change bill as passed by the House almost exactly one year ago.

Employers are being advised to wait and watch what happens with bill 146's proposed changes to employment legislation in Ontario as the political climate in the province means it may not get passed before voters potentially go to the polls this spring.