Key senators, industry officials, senior advisers and cabinet members met yesterday withPresident Obamato talk about the upcoming Climate andEnergy Bill. The bill has been largely put aside byCongressin favor of passingHealthcare legislationand yesterday’s meetings were an attempt byPresident Obamato get the bill moving. The talks highlighted the simple reason the bill is stalled: the Democrats are largely for a ClimateandEnergy bill and the majority of Republicans want to leave the “Climate” part out of it — mainly any kind of carbon capping or taxing legislation.

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