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Democrats propose carbon tax
2015-06-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Two Senate Democrats sponsored a bill Wednesday to institute an economy-wide tax on carbon dioxide emissions, revenue that would be returned through rebates and tax cuts. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) pitched their proposal at an event hosted by the conservative American Enterprise Institute, saying that their bill aligns with conservative economic principles and Republicans should support it. The tax would be charged at $45 per ton of carbon dioxide or equivalent...
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Behind the headlines: Salt Lake County democrats spar, Utah GOP...
2015-05-15 16:01:31| Waste Management - Topix.net
Utah Republicans reluctantly agree to go along with changes to the election process spurred by the Count My Vote movement. Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams and his former staffer Rep. Justin Miller trade accusations over financial impropriety and ethical concerns.
Dinner, data part of Obama's courting of Democrats on trade authority, TPP
2015-05-11 07:46:41| Footwear - Topix.net
Protesters, many against granting U.S. President Barack Obama fast-track trade authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, rally outside the hotel where Obama was participating in a Democratic National Committee event in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday. By the time Air Force One touched down in Oregon on Thursday before a pro-trade pep rally at Nike Inc., Rep. Suzanne Bonamici already had gotten the full Barack Obama treatment.
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Nine Democrats Back New Congestion Pricing Plan
2015-04-22 19:00:41| Railroads - Topix.net
A coalition of city and state Democratic elected officials is lending their support to a new congestion pricing plan, urging the state's top lawmakers to use the potential revenue stream to expand full line reviews of the transit system. In a letter signed by three state senators, four assembly members, five city council members and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, the group said that the pricing scheme, known as the "Move NY Fair Plan," is a "promising" way to improve transit service.
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More Independents Than Democrats or Republicans
2015-04-10 02:19:05| IT Services - Topix.net
A Pew Research Center survey based on more than 25,000 interviews confirms a trend years in the making: More people consider themselves politically independent than identify with the Republican or Democratic parties. From 1940 through 1990, more Americans were Democrats than Republicans .
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