Fresh from receiving 100 percent rating from the League of Conservation Voters, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., is making noises about introducing a new tripartisan climate bill soon. Kerry told a climate policy forum today that he is working with White House officials and other lawmakers on getting a bill, Reuters reports.
Any bets on when this new bill is coming out? And will he get support from Massachusetts’ new junior senator, Republican Scott Brown?
Kerry said,
We’re on a short track here in terms of piecing together legislation we intend to roll out.
White House climate czar Carol Browner, at the same event sponsored by The New Republic, agreed that the work was going well.
Kerry has been working in a tri-partisan coalition with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., trying to find a bill that can attract sixty votes.
But Kerry also told reporters Tuesday that the bill still lacks a heart – they don’t yet have a plan for reducing emissions (read: they haven’t figured out how to repackage cap and trade as something else).