The Three Amigos, consisting of John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, and Joseph Lieberman, team together in attempts to pass a bill to decrease the use of carbon energy and using nuclear energy and increasing oil drilling in efforts to decrease climate change. The Democratic party is all mostly in favor of this bill, but it is the Republican party that is where the votes matter. They had the support from both the major green groups and of the biggest polluters. All they needed was the support from the White House as well.
The bill had been bounced around from one representative to another trying to get the right wording and a common ground that everyone would be happy with. In order to try and keep the interests of the Republican voters, the bill would increase oil drilling. This was in hopes to get the power hungry Republican Senators to vote in favor of the bill. The trouble was that every Republican that said they would favor the bill was scrutinized by their own political party. Some members feared that this could hurt their next political election. One of the most common Republicans that was originally in favor but later backed down was John McCain.
Especially coming from the Republican point of view, it is a difficult situation to try and persuade the minds of people that are not willing to listen. Yes the Democratic party tried to compromise but the Republicans were not happy with reducing carbon usage and putting a cap on how much could be used.
This is an issue that will continue to plague the United States and even the world. You will always have those that do not believe climate change is happening or that it is not going to hurt them in the long-run. One day this issue will be at a point where we have to act and compromising may be out of the question.
