From this morning's Earlybird:
• "The deal House Democrats were forced to strike on the climate change bill demonstrates the power of the corn ethanol lobby to get its way on Capitol Hill, despite an array of interests aligned against it," The Hill reports.
• "As the House prepares to vote Friday on climate change legislation, two groups representing tens of thousands of small businesses are upping the ante, saying they will use the cap-and-trade energy package vote to score lawmakers," Roll Call (subscription) reports. "The National Federation of Independent Business and the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors will 'key vote' the bill, making it part of the organizations' public scorecard on how lawmakers vote on priority legislation."
• "Many farm lobbyists are still on the fence with climate change and energy legislation headed to the House floor Friday, though most are singing the praises of House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson for negotiating changes in the bill," CongressDailyAM (subscription) reports. "Most were pleased Wednesday that the bill would put the sections of a carbon offsets program that applies to agriculture under the control of the USDA rather than the EPA."
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Responded on June 29, 2009 5:57 PM
John
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