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Subscribe to the Environment Headline feed via EmailSenate Votes on Oil Spill, Energy Legislation Cancelled after Some Democrats Break Ranks
August 4, 2010 in World Climate Change Report · Leave a Comment
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Aug. 3 to cancel upcoming procedural votes on oil spill and energy legislation (S. 3663) after he became concerned about possible Democratic defections from the party’s offshore drilling reform proposal.
Reid’s decision, which came four days before the Senate leaves for its August recess, means the Senate will not cast any votes, procedural or…












