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Reps. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) and Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) have run similar spots highlighting their opposition to cap-and-trade and distancing themselves from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : More Cap-n-Trade Sleaze

My Congressman, Tom Periello (D-VA), has through television ads and interviews just doubled down on what has already been extremely curious advocacy in support of his vote for cap-and-trade, a major component of his representation of San Francisco from a Central Virginia congressional district.

This morning on a radio show I heard him say that cap-and-trade would actually lower some peoples' electricity bills "in the near-term" -- part of his push to brand his Republican opponent a scoundrel for outrageously voting for something that created the "opportunity" (Periello's word) for an electricity rate increase.

Grassley and Conlin needle each other about jobs | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs

Grassley said that she supports “cap and trade” (an idea meant to limit industrial greenhouse gas emissions), wants to shut down off-shore drilling and wants to let certain tax cuts expire.

“That’s a job killer,” said Grassley, a 30-year Republican senator who is seeking another six years in office on Nov. 2.

Blunt focuses on energy tax at FARM-PAC endorsement

Blunt focused the majority of his remarks on the Cap-and-Trade proposal, which would essentially put a tax on carbon emissions.

“Cap and trade is one of the key reasons why people aren’t creating jobs, because the other side the other side keeps talking about how they want to put a tax on coal based electricity and in the ag community, you know that that raises every one of your input costs,” he said. “It all goes up and there’s no reason to believe there’s any offsetting things that happen.”
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If cap-and-trade was put into law, Blunt said, “You double the electricity bill – which is what would happen in our state in a decade.” He said our nation would lose “the jobs, and make the CO2 problem worse.”