Naming bills can be so much fun. Let's make a bill that every proposal has the opposite effect of what the name of the bill is. Oh wait, we already do that....
WSJ.com - 'Clear Skies' Bill Is Delayed In Bid to Reach a Compromise:
Trying to avert a deadlock over President Bush's top [anti-]environmental initiative, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee gave itself more time to work out a compromise.
Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R., Okla.) said he expects to take up the so-called Clear Skies bill in two weeks...By introducing a series of amendments that will enhance the future use of coal by power plants and coal-gasification technology that will help utilities remove pollutants before the fuel is used, the panel's Republican leaders are increasing pressure on Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.) to join them. The changes would benefit coal-producing states, particularly Montana, which has the nation's largest coal reserves.
... But the amendments don't address the Democrats' main concern, which is that emissions of carbon dioxide should also be regulated under the bill.
Still, the panel's Democrats praised the postponement and expressed hope that a compromise might be reached. Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D., Del.) said he was “pleased,” that a $650 million program that would provide more incentives to build power plants that use coal gasification had been included in the bill.
