So far, the worst oil spill in American history hasn’t jump-started climate change legislation in a gridlocked, shell-shocked Senate, as many Democrats had hoped it would.      

There is a powerful will on the Hill to punish BP by eliminating a cap on the company’s liability. But that fervor isn’t translating into support for the comprehensive energy reform bill unveiled by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) earlier this year, despite President Barack Obama’s READ MORE