The Senate’s Bait-and-Switch on Cap-and-Trade

Dan Holler / April 21, 2010

Speaking to Politico, John Kerry told them it was up to Harry Reid to pass Cap-and-Trade

In the end, it will be Sen. Reid’s responsibility, as majority leader, to put the pieces together as he did on health care and to decide how the Senate is going to proceed.

In other words, the Senate plans to force sweeping, expensive, job-destroying changes to America’s energy policy in much the same way they forced ObamaCare upon unwilling Americans.  Next week, Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) plan to unveil their plan aimed at combating global warming, an issue that Americans rank as the country’s least pressing priority.  With gas prices already surpassing $3 per gallon in some locations, Americans will have little appetite for another energy tax proposal. (more…)