WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. congressional Democrats say they have struck a deal to move forward with a controversial "cap-and-trade" climate change bill.
Prodded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after weeks of negotiations, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., announced Tuesday they had crafted a compromise bill, the Washington publication Politico reported.