What better time to vote on a law that would make energy prices skyrocket than the first week of July?

A funny thing happened on the way to getting the oceans to fall:

WASHINGTON – The President’s landmark “Cap and Trade” bill faces an uncertain fate this week, as congressional backers of the carbon-limiting legislation face mounting opposition from a myriad of interest groups angered by its controversial ritual virgin sacrifice provision….

The 87,492 page bill — officially designated as the American Patriotic Renewal Act of 2009 for Carbon Reduction, Energy Independence, Heathy Climate, Sustainable Job Growth, Adorable Puppies, and Earthly Paradise — is a keystone in President Obama’s first-year legislative agenda, and was originally anticipated to get swift congressional passage.

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