Re: Politico: Schumer: Carbon tax has a chance if Clinton wins

Yes. Sanders supports a carbon tax Sent from my iPhone On Jun 23, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Robby Mook <re47@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: I don't recall any polling to guide us, but I'd be a bit nervous about rushing to say we'd never support such a tax. Bernie I assume DOES support such a tax and it could be fodder for him if we say unequivocally now that we don't support one. To be clear: it's lethal in the general, so I don't want to support one. But don't want to give bernie contrast right now. So if there's a way to re-state principles and say she'll announce something in the next few weeks, that would be great. On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:10 PM, Brian Fallon <bfallon@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > Policy, is there any chance we go near such a proposal or can we nip this > in the bud tonight? > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Ian Sams* <isams@hillaryclinton.com> > Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 > Subject: Politico: Schumer: Carbon tax has a chance if Clinton wins > To: Clips <clips@hillaryclinton.com> > > > > http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/schumer-carbon-tax-has-a-chance-if-clinton-wins-119352.html?hp=rc2_4 > > > Schumer: Carbon tax has a chance if Clinton wins > > By *ELANA SCHOR* <http://www.politico.com/reporters/ElanaSchor.html> > > > > 6/23/15 7:28 PM EDT > > Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) outlined a path Tuesday for Hillary Clinton to > enact a carbon tax if the Democrats prevail in the 2016 elections. > > Schumer, the Senate Democrats’ leader-in-waiting, said that a Clinton > presidency and the return of his party to the Senate majority in 2017 could > pave the way for lawmakers to enact a carbon tax to help fund the > government. > > Story Continued Below > > The mere suggestion of a new fee on the emissions blamed for climate > change, however, could become a political headache for Clinton and other > Democrats, and it’s routinely dismissed by Republicans. The Obama > administration disavowed the idea after the 2012 election. > > “If Hillary wins and we take back the Senate, I believe many of our > Republican friends will say we’ve been starving the government for > revenues,” Schumer told an environmental event on Capitol Hill, “but many > of them will not be for raising rates.” > > Noting that half a dozen European oil and gas CEOs came out in favor of a > price on carbon this month, and that ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson has > expressed openness to the idea, “you might get a compromise” carbon tax in > that event, Schumer added. > > “I think in 2017 people of both parties might come to that as the best way > to fund the government,” he said. > > <image001.jpg> <https://www.politicopro.com/energy/?ml=ri> > > *POLITICO PRO <https://www.politicopro.com/energy/?ml=ri>* > Full coverage of energy policy <https://www.politicopro.com/energy/?ml=ri> > > Schumer’s comments came at an event hosted by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse > (D-R.I.), who recently unveiled a carbon tax proposal at the conservative > American Enterprise Institute that would offset the funds raised by cutting > corporate taxes and returning rebates to the public. > > The New York Democrat hinted at the potential controversy of his > carbon-tax prediction by first asking if his remarks the event, which was > streamed live online, would be “on the record” for the press. > > Schumer also vowed that Democrats would successfully defend President > Barack Obama’s landmark climate change rules for power plants from GOP > attacks, saying, “We will hold that — they’ll need 60 votes to change > things, and we’re not going to let that happen.” > > Three Democrats considered swing votes on any Republican bid to unravel > Obama’s climate rules, Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) and > Joe Donnelly (Ind.), face reelection in 2018. > > > > Read more: > http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/schumer-carbon-tax-has-a-chance-if-clinton-wins-119352.html#ixzz3dw5NBkgl > > -- > > *Ian Sams* | Rapid Response > > Hillary for America > > (423) 915-6592 | @IanSams <https://twitter.com/iansams> > > Gchat: icsams > > > >