heritage.org - 6/26/2009
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It has become quite clear over the past several months that placing a cap on carbon emission will have major implications for the American economy and families.
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Friday's Daily News - Energy Tax Edition
Club for Growth —
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Pelosi Buys Off Agri-Business to Advance Climate Bill - Tim Carney, DC Examiner
Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations - Washington Times
Tariffs on Chinese Imports Alive in House Climate Bill - Lisa Friedman, NYT
Pelosi Meets with GOPers, Leans on Dems - Allen & Soraghan, The Hill
The Cap-and-Trade Giveaway - Alan Viard, American.com
Climate Bill: Economic Impact by Congressional District - Heritage Foundation ...
How big a tax?
SCSUScholars —
... about the cost of cap-and-trade legislation and her call to Colin Peterson, a Minnesota Democrat from a declining region of farms, lakes and empty nests. Heritage has posted a calculation of the costs of the Waxman-Markey bill by congressional district. Districts have roughly the same number of people of voting age, but can differ greatly in the type of economies they have and the incomes earned by the people of the district. To correct for that, I adjusted each cost applying to the district for year 2012 as Heritage estimates by my estimate of how much each district creates ...
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