美國共和黨參議員昨天因為民主黨籍的「參議院環境暨公共工程委員會」主席執意如期就「設立強制控管溫室氣體排放量法案」進行表決而爆發衝突。委員會主席鮑克瑟（Barbara Boxer）意圖在下個月初就對該議案舉行表決，然而幾個共和黨議員則抱怨這樣將沒有足夠的時間讓他們對議案進行全面分析與辯論。
因此，委員會將在12月5日表決之前，於下週對此議案舉行第二次的聽證會。該議案是由康乃迪克州無黨籍議員李伯曼（Joe Lieberman）與維吉尼亞州共和黨籍議員華納（John Warner）聯合提出。
俄亥俄州共和黨議員沃伊諾維奇（George Voinovich）在舉行第一次的公聽會時即表示，太過快速的議程無法達成一項好的公共政策。
沃伊諾維奇和其他的共和黨議員則力促鮑克瑟將表決時間延期，並要求她等到美國環保局（U.S.Environmental Protection Agency）或美國能源資訊協會（Energy Information Administration）有足夠的時間對此議案提出詳細的分析與建議之後再進行表決。
Republican senators clashed Thursday with the Democratic chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee over her schedule for consideration of a bill to set mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Committee chair Barbara Boxer intends to hold a committee vote on the bill early next month, a timeframe several Republicans complained does not give them time to thoroughly analyze and debate the measure.
The committee will hold a second hearing on the bill next week, before voting on the measure December 5. The bill is jointly authored by Independent Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Republican Senator John Warner of Virginia.
The schedule is not "conducive to good public policy," said Senator George Voinovich, an Ohio Republican, at the first of two planned hearings on the bill.
Voinovich and other Republicans urged Boxer to delay action, requesting she wait until the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency or the Energy Information Administration has had time to provide detailed analysis of the proposal.
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