Sen. Jeff Flake will co-introduce carbon tax legislation in his final two weeks in office.
Outgoing Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake will soon co-introduce legislation to tax carbon dioxide emissions, according to news reports.
Flake, who will not be returning to Congress next year, and Delaware Sen. Chris Coon, a Democrat, will introduce their carbon tax bill as soon as Wednesday.
Flake and Coon's bill will be the Senate companion to bipartisan House carbon tax legislation introduced in November.
Like the House bill, Flake's carbon tax bill would tax emissions at $15 per ton - a rate that would rise $10 per year until greenhouse gas emissions, hitting $100 per ton in 2030.
Carbon tax proponents hope Flake's willingness to back a carbon tax will convince other Republicans to do the same, but Flake won't ever have to face voters again.
Flake also backed a 2009 carbon tax bill introduced by former South Carolina Republican Rep. Bob Inglis.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/19/jeff-flake-raise-taxes/
Outgoing Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake will soon co-introduce legislation to tax carbon dioxide emissions, according to news reports.
Flake, who will not be returning to Congress next year, and Delaware Sen. Chris Coon, a Democrat, will introduce their carbon tax bill as soon as Wednesday.
Flake and Coon's bill will be the Senate companion to bipartisan House carbon tax legislation introduced in November.
Like the House bill, Flake's carbon tax bill would tax emissions at $15 per ton - a rate that would rise $10 per year until greenhouse gas emissions, hitting $100 per ton in 2030.
Carbon tax proponents hope Flake's willingness to back a carbon tax will convince other Republicans to do the same, but Flake won't ever have to face voters again.
Flake also backed a 2009 carbon tax bill introduced by former South Carolina Republican Rep. Bob Inglis.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/19/jeff-flake-raise-taxes/
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