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Senate Democrat: Energy bills stalled until fiscal ‘grand bargain' is struck
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) has reached a sobering conclusion: Energy legislation will remain stuck in the political mud until Washington reaches a sweeping - and thus far elusive - financial agreement.
"Until we get a clear architecture built dealing with taxes, revenues, entitlements and federal spending, I think any broad policy initiative is not going to move."
May 17, 2012
by Ben Geman
in The Hill
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) has reached a sobering conclusion: Energy legislation will remain stuck in the political mud until Washington reaches a sweeping - and thus far elusive - financial agreement.
"Until we get a clear architecture built dealing with taxes, revenues, entitlements and federal spending, I think any broad policy initiative is not going to move," said Udall, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, in an interview Thursday.
"So that speaks to the need for Bowles-Simpson to be implemented," added Udall, referring to the broad 2010 plan by the federal commission headed by former Sen. Alan Simpson... [continue via Web link]
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