The 'energy-only bill' mirage - Why an energy bill could fail without pollution reduction measures or revenue

Back in February, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, "This is the time, this is the Congress, and this is the moment.  So if we retreat and try to just go to the energy only approach which will never yield the legislative results that I want on energy independence, then we just made the problem worse."

CAP's Daniel J. Weiss explains why Graham was right, why "comprehensive" energy bills that don't reduce pollution or raise revenue are set up to fail.

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