The House easily approved a non-binding, GOP-leadership-backed resolution Thursday declaring a potential carbon tax to combat climate change harmful to the economy.
“A carbon tax would be devastating to the manufacturing base, kill jobs, and rise costs for families all across this country,” Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., who sponsored the resolution, said on the House floor before the vote. “The resolution is simple. It’s a sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and business.”
Democrats attacked the measure as a pointless effort that shows Republicans continue to deny the challenge and costs of climate change, which many scientists blame for more frequent severe storms, rising sea levels, and melting ice caps.
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#BREAKING: House passes GOP-leadership measure declaring a carbon tax harmful to economy https://t.co/ZeCq9bzaQr
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