NY Times: "cautious" optimism that #ACES will pass in House

This morning on The Caucus, the DC politics blog of The New York Times:

Democrats on the Hill are cautiously optimistic that the bill will make it through the House, but, as our John Broder found, “senior lawmakers acknowledge that they have not yet lined up the 218 votes needed for passage.”

Representative Henry Waxman, the California Democrat who has helped shepherd the bill to this point, has negotiated with moderate and farm belt Democrats to capture some of their votes. Republicans remain opposed to the bill, labeling it an energy tax for consumers.

Mr. Obama called the energy bill a boon both for the environment and the economy. In his remarks, the president conceded the vote would be tight, “in part because of the misinformation that’s out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy and our economic growth.”