Climate change in the Senate?

The Senate dropped a bill to tackle global warming after Republicans filibustered it, said The Dallas Morning News, and those

What happened

The Senate dropped a sweeping bill on climate change after Democrats were unable to muster enough votes to overcome a Republican filibuster. The bill had bipartisan support, but faced a veto threat by President Bush because it mandated caps on greenhouse-gas emissions. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain both support mandatory caps. (The Washington Post, free registration)

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