Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) “are delaying the introduction of their long-awaited climate change bill, citing Ted Kennedy’s death and Kerry’s painful recovery from hip surgery,” Glenn Thrush reports.
He provides this joint statement:
The Kerry-Boxer bill is moving along well and we are looking forward to introducing legislation that will create millions of clean energy jobs, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and ensure American leadership in the clean energy economy.
Because of Senator Kennedy’s recent passing, Senator Kerry’s August hip surgery, and the intensive work on health care legislation particularly on the Finance Committee where Sen. Kerry serves, Majority Leader Reid has agreed to provide some additional time to work on the final details of our bill, and to reach out to colleagues and important stakeholders. We have told the Majority Leader that our goal is to introduce our bill later in September.
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