And, while we’re at it, what are your favorite comments?

I am seriously entertaining the idea of collecting my best posts and trying to publish them as a book.

I’d be interested in any thoughts you have on the general topic, as well as specific recommendations for posts to reprint.  If comments are an indication of interest in a post, then I have a good starting list here:

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Enjoy the Memorial Day holiday, readers, because when members come back from their week-long break, the pace of action on climate and clean energy legislation is going to accelerate.  The House leadership wants to vote on Waxman-Markey before the August recess.  I certainly hope they can stay on that schedule since the ideal time to debate a global warming bill is probably during the hot summer (see full House calendar here).

In story headlined, “House panels will make haste on energy bill — Hoyer,” E&E News (subs. req’d) reports:

Expect another fast-paced month of committee action on a sweeping global warming and energy bill ahead of possible floor debate in late June or early July, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said today.

“I think the speaker and I will both be urging the committee chairs to consider these quickly,” the Maryland Democrat said in an interview, referring to eight panels with jurisdiction on a bill approved last night by the Energy and Commerce Committee. “Frankly, they’ve been considering them for some time now. It’s not like it’s a great surprise.”

For most committees, the work will be swift, Hoyer said. “Their level of concern,” he said, “is not high.”

But there are two committees that want a piece of the debate: Ways and Means and Agriculture. Hoyer said he would work with the chairmen of both panels and did not expect much of a problem.

Yes, the chairs of both of those committees have made some remarks that might suggest they aren’t in a hurry:

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