Jeff Flake Will Introduce Bill To Raise Taxes Before Leaving Senate
Sen. Jeff Flake will co-introduce carbon tax legislation in his final two weeks in office.
- Flake became a prominent anti-Trumper and is now teaming up with Democrats to push climate policies.
- Most Republicans and conservative groups oppose carbon taxes.
Outgoing Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake will soon co-introduce legislation to tax carbon dioxide emissions, according to news reports.
“Now that he’s leaving office, he no longer has to fear Yellow Jackets,” Daniel Kish, a senior distinguished fellow at the Institute for Energy Research (IER), told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Kish is referring to the tens of thousands of French protesters, called “yellow jackets,” who took to the streets to protest increased carbon taxes on fuel set to take effect in the new year. The French government scrapped the carbon tax increases, but protests have not stopped and moved to other issues.
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