Hill Heat: Lieberman: We're Close to Sixty Votes; Reid: L-W Hits Floor in JuneScience Policy Legislation Actiontag:hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2008-04-03T07:36:18-04:00Wonk Roomurn:uuid:a18d7fe0-4c2c-4763-a11b-7e3d890a0c412008-04-03T07:23:00-04:002008-04-03T07:36:18-04:00Lieberman: We're Close to Sixty Votes; Reid: L-W Hits Floor in June<p>At the <a href="/events/2008/04/02/the-climate-policy-puzzle-putting-the-pieces-together">A&WMA conference yesterday</a>, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) spoke optimistically about getting the sixty votes necessary to forestall any filibuster against his cap-and-trade bill, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S. 2191). According to Darren Samuelson of <a href="http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2008/04/02/2">E&E News</a>, he told attendees that 45 senators are “heavily with us” and 15 more have a “heavy tilt in our direction, if we can do some small things.”</p>
<p>“We can find only 20 we can put in the category of hopeless, that is with regard to this particular bill.”</p>
<p>Because Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) has criticized Lieberman-Warner’s lack of explicit nuclear subsidies, Sen. Lieberman acknowledged McCain is not an “aye” vote, saying “Just out of respect, I’d have to put him in the middle category. A heavy lean.”</p>
Samuelson also reports:
<blockquote>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has given Lieberman and his allies a green light to take the bill to the Senate floor during the week of June 2-6, the first week back from Congress’ Memorial Day recess, a Reid spokeswoman said today.</blockquote><p>At the <a href="/events/2008/04/02/the-climate-policy-puzzle-putting-the-pieces-together">A&WMA conference yesterday</a>, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) spoke optimistically about getting the sixty votes necessary to forestall any filibuster against his cap-and-trade bill, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S. 2191). According to Darren Samuelson of <a href="http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2008/04/02/2">E&E News</a>, he told attendees that 45 senators are “heavily with us” and 15 more have a “heavy tilt in our direction, if we can do some small things.”</p>
<p>“We can find only 20 we can put in the category of hopeless, that is with regard to this particular bill.”</p>
<p>Because Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) has criticized Lieberman-Warner’s lack of explicit nuclear subsidies, Sen. Lieberman acknowledged McCain is not an “aye” vote, saying “Just out of respect, I’d have to put him in the middle category. A heavy lean.”</p>
Samuelson also reports:
<blockquote>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has given Lieberman and his allies a green light to take the bill to the Senate floor during the week of June 2-6, the first week back from Congress’ Memorial Day recess, a Reid spokeswoman said today.</blockquote>