Client Alert
| May 25, 2010
Climate Change Legislative Update: Senators Kerry and Lieberman Release Energy and Climate Change Bill
On May 12, 2010, Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Lieberman (I-CT) released a discussion draft of their widely anticipated energy and climate change bill, the "American Power Act" ("APA").
Touted initially as a "tri-partisan" bill, the APA became "bi-partisan" when Senator Graham (R-SC) withdrew his support due to differences of opinion with Democrat senators over the 2010 legislative agenda. Many believe that Senator Graham’s support is essential for the APA to pass in the Senate in 2010. Prior climate change bills proposed by Senators Lieberman and Warner (D-VA) (S. 2191) in 2007 and Senators Kerry and Boxer (D-CA) (S. 1733) in 2009 received chilly receptions and failed to make it to the Senate floor for a vote.
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