Lieberman Still Hopeful for Climate Debate This Summer

The authors of an “energy and climate bill are hoping to bring it to the Senate floor in June or July, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday,” The Hill reports.

Lieberman, the coauthor of a compromise energy and climate bill with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), said they hope the legislation can come up for a vote in about a month, once he and Kerry have proven to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that they’re close to achieving 60 votes for their bill.

"I’m hopeful, maybe the end of June, or July, sometime," Lieberman told reporters at the Capitol when asked when he hoped for his and Kerry’s bill to move through the Senate.

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