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“Club for Growth” targets Alexander
Posted By katie allison granju
Apparently some group of climate change-deniers calling themselves “Club for Growth” is gearing up to go after Senator Alexander:
With $250,000 in radio and television spots, the Club for Growth is targeting Republican Sens. Alexander and Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and Democratic Sens. Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Max Baucus and Jon Tester of Montana. Dole, a co-sponsor of the bill, and Alexander, Baucus and Rockefeller face re-election this year.
Alexander has also introduced legislation capping carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. He did not co-sponsor the broader Lieberman-Warner legislation because he preferred an approach tailored to power plants, transportation and buildings — the largest sectors of the economy that produce the most greenhouse gases.
“Congress is at it again,” a television ad airing in Tennessee says. “This time they’re pushing massive new taxes and regulation in the name of global warming. But let’s ask ourselves, are the unproven benefits of legislation worth the major job losses, new taxes and increased energy costs that could result?
“Call Senator Lamar Alexander and tell him to vote no on the Lieberman-Warner climate bill. Tennesseans just can’t afford another huge, costly government program.”
All but the Montana ads will air today. Ads aimed at Tester and Baucus will air next week.
The proposed legislation calls for capping carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, transportation and industrial sources, with a goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 71 percent by mid-century.
Democrats have proposed huge tax reductions to help people pay higher energy prices as a result of the shift from fossil fuels to other energy sources. The money would come from auctioning off greenhouse gas emission allowances to utilities and industry.
Club for Growth President Pat Toomey called the Warner-Lieberman bill a “massive redistribution of wealth.”
May 28th, 2008
