Cap and Trade Will Require 60 Votes

Looks like the Cap and Trade GHG bill isn't going to go through budget reconcilliation in the Senate (which needs only 50 votes) - but will instead need to overcome a filibuster with 60 votes. So that means that the bill (which to my knowledge is STILL MISSING a permit auction - which is unforgivable) will have to be watered-down more to meet awful GOP concerns. Oh, and here are the Dems that agreed:

Max Baucus (Mont.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Mark Begich (Alaska), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Jeff Bingaman (N.M.), Robert Byrd (W.Va.), Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Russ Feingold (Wis.), Kay Hagan (N.C.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Herb Kohl (Wis.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Carl Levin (Mich.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Claire McCaskill (Mo.), Ben Nelson (Neb.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), Debbie Stabenow (Mich.), Jon Tester (Mont.), Mark Warner (Va.) and Jim Webb (Va.).

Not that I'm surprised. Budget reconciliation is sort of seen as cheating, so I'm not surprised that Dems wanted to win on the merits under regular rules. The problem is that the regular rules (60 votes) makes bills suck.