House leaders are still cracking their whips, scaring up votes for the Waxman-Markey bill. For the most part, they’re up against a posse of moderate and conservative, and energy and manufacturing state Democrats. If you’re keeping track, you can read a couple of extremely helpful scorecards here (PDF) and here.
And speaking of incredibly helpful, Brad Plumer’s live-twittering the floor debate. He reports that Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), who just yesterday was an avowed fence sitter, has come around and decided to support the bill, citing the idea that Congressional action will be preferable to the Environmental Protection Agency acting on its own.
Late update: While Democrats try to squeeze the bill through the House (Rep. David Scott (D-GA) is now on board, too), Republicans are offering amendments like this one to scrap the bill entirely and replace it with a Manhattan Project for energy financed by magic.
