25.04.2014 - Lobbying surprisingly strong on 'pipe dream' carbon tax bill
Pronounced dead-on-arrival upon its introduction in 2013, the carbon tax bill authored by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is attracting a healthy bit of lobbying, suggesting both industry and environmental groups are looking down the road to a resurrection of legislation that failed in the Senate in 2010. A total of 36 companies and organizations reported lobbying Congress in the first quarter of 2014 (Jan. 1 through March 31) on the Boxer-Sanders bill, and 10 lobbied on a yet-to-be introduced climate bill being readied by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and other House and Senate Democrats. Some of those groups lobbied on both bills...............................................Full Article: Source
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