Cap and Trade: Ten Democratic Senators Call for Carbon Tariffs

Wall Street Journal by Keith Johnson | Aug. 6, 2009 (Breaking News)

(Blog Post) Today, ten Democratic senators sent President Obama a letter demanding a “level playing field” for U.S. manufacturing in any climate plan. In plain English: If you want your climate bill, you better include “carbon tariffs” to make sure U.S. jobs don’t scurry off to unregulated China.

The list of senators includes some heavyweights, but all are swing votes for the bill—Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin of Michigan; Robert Byrd of West ... Full Story »

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 by Mike LaBonte - Aug. 7, 2009

Not bad, this has links to sources to back up most claims, except for the "swing vote" status of the named senators.

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