Climate deal must avoid US Congress approval, French minister says

[karynnj]

10. no, he is looking for a deal that works with executive orders

Or has a way to make doing so attractive to businesses.

Consider that the Senate failed to pass anything in 2010 when we had 59 Senators. Part of the problem is there were many coal state Democrats unwilling to vote for it. There were about 5 Republicans who were interested, though there never was a vote.

Here, I suspect that his opinion has been formed partly from speaking to Kerry. Note that Kerry was key on the deal with China, which does not need Congressional approval and has some real gains.

It is sad, but it is reality.