Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 "I don’t understand what
Republicans are doing against this. It was their idea. John
McCain introduced cap and trade legislation three times."  John
Boccieri on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 in an interview
Democratic Rep. John Boccieri invokes GOP Sen. John McCain to
back his cap-and-trade stance  Democratic Rep. John Boccieri has
taken heat from Republicans ever since his 2009 vote for a House
energy bill that would establish a "cap and trade" system
designed to reduce emission of the greenhouse gasses thought to
cause global warming.  The system would impose a government cap
on allowable emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gasses. Companies that emit carbon dioxide, like electric
utilities, would either have to reduce emissions by using
cleaner technology, or purchase credits to allow continued
emissions. Either way, the cost likely would be passed along to
consumers. Critics of the program have said it would be
particularly harmful in Ohio, where a high proportion