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GOP Lawmaker Wants Senate on Record About Carbon Taxes
2013-03-22 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) might put lawmakers on the record, indirectly at least, about whether they support taxing industrial carbon emissions to help confront climate change. Blunt has filed an amendment to the Senate Democrats budget plan that would require a 60-vote threshold for any legislation that imposes a federal carbon tax or fee. The amendment to the nonbinding budget arrives as several liberal Capitol Hill Democrats are floating plans to impose fees on carbon emissions from sources...
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