Lisa Murkowski says nuclear waste bill doubtful this Congress

Published February 11, 2014 5:00am ET



Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said there’s little chance that a nuclear waste bill she’s co-sponsoring will make it to the finish line before the November midterm elections.

Murkowski said that shifting committee responsibilities that sent current Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman and bill co-sponsor Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to lead the Finance Committee and pushed Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., atop the committee would likely quash movement.

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