News Flash: Senate Will Consider Climate Bill First

It looks like Senator Graham won his fight with the Democratic party leadership over timing:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he is willing to bring up climate change legislation ahead of an immigration bill, the first step toward resolving a dispute with Senate Republicans that threatened to derail a bipartisan effort months in the making.

Reid said the long-delayed climate bill ”is much further down the road in terms of a product” than the immigration measure, which remains unwritten. (WaPo)

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