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Senate Finance Committee calls on polluter lobbyists to defend pollution economy yet again 0

Posted 17 hours, 47 minutes ago by Brad Johnson

On Tuesday, Sen. Max Baucus's (D-Mont.) Finance Committee will look at the effect of clean energy legislation on the "future of jobs." Appearing before the committee are four industry or conservative lobbyists and one coal-industry union lobbyist, Abraham Breehey. The only economist to testify will be Margo Thorning, a lobbyist for the anti-tax American Council on Capital Formation. Also testifying is Carol Berrigan, a nuclear industry representative, and American Enterprise Institute fellow Kenneth… Read More

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