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On the recordApril 21, 2009
Cap and trade, as it is currently defined in the Waxman bill... is not economy-wide.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Reid points out limitations of the cap-and-trade proposal regarding its coverage.

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