NY Times: With Highway Bill on the Distant Horizon, Reformers Eye Climate Measure to Make a Splash

From New York Times:

Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has indicated that she is focused on moving a climate bill before she tackles the reauthorization's highway provisions, which her committee has jurisdiction over. Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), whose committee will write the rail provisions, has introduced legislation that would require the reauthorization to set a goal of reducing GHG emissions from the transportation sector, but his bill provided only rough outlines for the reauthorization. Likewise, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) has said he hopes the spending bill will boost funding for transit, but his committee currently has a full plate dealing with the ongoing financial recession and the growing federal involvement in the private sector.