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Latest Fact-Checks In Cap and Trade

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 29, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."
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By Linda Qiu • May 29, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News
"I have never supported cap and trade."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2016
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor
"61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 28, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 13, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 25, 2013
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a Web ad
Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2011
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Coal Association
stated on March 1, 2011 testimony to a House subcommittee
Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.
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By Stephen Koff • March 14, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 14, 2009 an op-ed article in the Washington Post.
"Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs."
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By Catharine Richert • July 16, 2009