With little hope of getting a vote on any climate change legislation in the upcoming lame duck session, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) plans to reintroduce in 2015 a bill that would accelerate global cuts in hydrofluorocarbons and other highly potent greenhouse gases, the senator told Bloomberg BNA Nov. 3. Murphy said he hopes to put the spotlight on his Super Pollutants Act in the remaining months of 2014 with a hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which could be a parting shot for the measure if Republicans wrest control of the chamber in the Nov. 4 elections. If held, the hearing likely would be held in the postelection lameduck session in mid-November, a period of legislative action that could be as short as two weeks. "We're under no illusions we'll be able to move [the bill] to the floor, which would be blocked by Republicans, but we are hoping to get a hearing" in the remaining weeks ahead, he said.
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