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Senate hits impasse on renewable energy (AP)
Filed: June 14th 2007: Democrat

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., discusses energy legislation during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)AP - Senate Democrats, eager for a vote on energy legislation, ran into staunch Republican resistance Thursday to requiring that utilities use more wind, solar and other renewable sources to produce electricity.

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