Surprise! Floor Vote Set for #ACES Clean Energy-Climate Bill

categories: Clean Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Jobs & Economy, News, Policy & Legislation

Published June 23, 2009 @ 11:00AM PT

Rep. Colin Peterson, D-Minnesota

UPDATE: 1Sky reports that the vote is scheduled for this Friday. The re-drafted American Clean Energy and Security Act, all 1,200 pages of it, is up for perusal at the House Rules Committee.

The Hill's Jared Allen is reporting that Reps. Waxman (D-Calif.) and Peterson (D-Minn.) have reached an agreement that will allow the bill to get a floor vote as early as this week, "but it remains to be seen whether the measure has the votes to pass."

Waxman filed the bill with the House Rules Committee on Monday night. House Democrats had previously suggested the measure would be voted on after the July 4 recess. The vote, whenever it occurs, will be one of the biggest roll calls of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) political career. She has labeled climate change her "flagship issue."

"There are some issues still under discussion, but we are confident we can resolve them by the time the bill goes to the floor on Friday," said Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Pelosi. "The Speaker, [Majority] Leader [Steny] Hoyer [D-Md.] and Chairmen Waxman and Peterson have all agreed on this approach for moving this historic climate change and clean energy jobs bill."

Some House Democrats have expressed their desire to have healthcare reform hit the floor before climate change legislation, but it appears that revamping the nation's healthcare system will be handled after the energy bill in the lower chamber.

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Image: Rep. Colin Peterson, D-Minnesota. Via Politico.

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