April '07 » Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd wants cap and trade AND a carbon tax

Several greenhouse gas-related bills and plans propose some form of a cap-and-trade system, aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions by allowing more efficient polluters to sell emission credits to less efficient polluters. Dodd supports that system, but said it only works if it is combined with a tax.

Now: Incumbent Dodd trails by 9 points in new poll

The Quinnipiac University Poll shows the Democratic incumbent and Senate Banking Committee chairman trailing former Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, 48 percent to 39 percent. Simmons held a similar lead in a May 27 Quinnipiac poll.