"Baucus makes a grab for climate bill". Oh, shit.

[Canuckistanian]

For liberal Democrats unhappy with the way Max Baucus is handling health care reform, here’s another dose of bad news: He’s got his hands on climate and energy, too.

Behind closed doors, Sen. Baucus has been staking his claim on major aspects of the climate bill, including financing for a cap-and-trade system.

His power play could put Baucus at the helm of the Obama administration’s domestic agenda, giving an unpredictable Montana Democrat control over legislative proposals that could define the Democratic Party for years to come.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27016.html

SHIT!

[Taverner]

1. How can one person have this much influence?

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. Chair of Senate Finance....

...so bills that have big-time budget implications involving taxes, etc. like carbon auctions, or Pigoutian carbon taxes, go through his committee. This will also go through IIRC Agriculture (soon to be Lincoln) and Environment and Public Works (Boxer).

[blm]

6. GOP has naked pics of Baucus and Baucus has naked pics of Reid.

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[Davis_X_Machina]

7. Reid was elected by a majority of the other Democratic Senators...

...and Baucus is the senior Democrat on the Finance committee, chairs going by seniority.

The GOP have nothing to do with it, each is our problem.

"The fault, dear Butus is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."

[Hawkeye-X]

8. Throw out Baucus

and he has no senority issues.

[Davis_X_Machina]

9. There being no recall provision...

...in the Senate, that's going to have to wait till 2014, and require the complicity of a majority of the voters of Montana.

[msongs]

2. there ya go criticizing President Baucus again lol nt

[aquart]

3. I wouldn't be unhappy if a bear ate him.

Worried about the bear, though.

[Mass]

4. It will be hard enough without Baucus putting his hands on this.

and certainly, it would be fatal for this bill.