Abstract
BY ONE VOTE, Senate Democratic Party leaders on Dec. 13 failed to overcome objections to tax provisions in a sweeping energy bill, passed only a week earlier by the House. The 59–40 procedural floor vote blocked the bill from coming to the Senate floor because 60 votes are needed to overcome a filibuster and allow for a vote on the bill itself. Immediately after the vote, however, Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) agreed to strike the tax provisions and bring the bill back to the floor, possibly later that day. As C&EN went to press, it was unclear whether they would be successful. The energy bill’s failure in the Senate was the second in a week. Earlier opposition was due to the tax provisions and a section requiring utilities to generate 15% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The electricity standards were jettisoned in hopes of ...
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