Thursday, March 12, 2009

*****Some Dems doubt Obama climate plan will pass

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/6306462.html
Key Senate Democrats on Wednesday cast doubt on whether Congress would approve President Barack Obama's plan to control greenhouse gas emissions without major changes.

Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said the White House might have to soften its proposal to minimize the new costs that would be shouldered by heavy manufacturing, coal-fired plants and other businesses.

Obama's plan "as written, probably can't pass here," Conrad said.