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Senate and House Republicans Hope to Advance No Carbon Tax Pledge
January 14, 2013
Two Republican bicameral lawmakers – including Senator David Vitter, the likely incoming senior Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee – have indicated that they will introduce and advance a concurrent resolution that would express the sense of Congress that a carbon tax is not in the best interest of the United States.
This Sidley Update was republished by ILO in its Trade & Customs Newsletter.
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