Senate Democrats hope to pass climate bill in "early spring"
Democrats in the Senate are pushing for the climate bill's passage in "early spring" of 2010, said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., further muddling expectations for a United Nations conference on global warming set for next month. Kerry last week expressed hope that a draft version of a compromise climate measure could be worked out before the international summit. The lawmaker, however, chose not to detail the bill's "framework" ahead of the meeting, which will be held in Copenhagen. Reuters (11/16), Politico (Washington), The (11/16)