Times-Picayune: In a letter to the president, Vitter asks Obama to express his opposition to recently introduced Senate legislation by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that would impose a carbon tax and use some of the proceeds to fund energy alternatives and offer rebates to consumers to cover any resulting hikes in oil, gas and coal prices. Boxer chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee, while Vitter is the panel's top Republican.
"This request is pretty simple: are they going...