House Dems close to climate agreement

Associated Press
6-25-09
By H. JOSEF HEBERT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nuclear industry, ethanol producers and rural electric cooperatives are among those who stand to benefit from eleventh-hour deals made by House Democrats in search of enough votes to pass a sweeping climate bill.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made passage of the legislation, which would for the first time set limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, one of her top priorities.

The California Democrat said progress so far has been "a wonderful collaboration" among lawmakers with different regional interests and said she hoped for a House vote on the bill Friday, before lawmakers depart for their July 4 recess.

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