Τετάρτη, Ιανουαρίου 24, 2007

Internal Rifts Cloud Democrats' Opportunity on Warming - washingtonpost.com

Internal Rifts Cloud Democrats' Opportunity on Warming - washingtonpost.com

Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, January 23, 2007; Page A01

The House Democrats had not quite finished their "100 hours" agenda when they met in the Capitol basement Thursday morning, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) was already looking ahead. As her colleagues ate bagels and turkey sausage, she warned that their next challenge would be a lot tougher than popular issues such as student loans and ethics reforms. For her next act, she planned to take on global warming.

Democrats, she explained, had to show a sense of urgency about the carbon emissions that threaten the planet, and so she was creating a select committee on energy independence and climate change to communicate that urgency. The new committee, she said, would help the caucus speak with one voice -- even if it trampled the turf of existing committees.

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