Brown and Green: Senator Scott Brown votes for Murkowski Amendment

Taking the time now to expand upon my tweet from earlier:

"@ScottBrownMA doesn't want the Environmental PROTECTION Agency regulating greenhouse gas. What the hell else SHOULD the EPA regulate?"

I've read a little more on the story since then, and was reacting to the headline from the AP.  AP reports that Senator Brown opposes regulation because it will drive up energy prices and make it harder to fund new jobs.

Jay Fitzgerald has more.  According to Fitzgerald, in an op-ed in the Cape Cod Times, Brown explains that he is for the amendment because he doesn't want to give the EPA, an unelected entity, the power to impose regulations.  After reading his op-ed, it seems to me that jobs are Brown's biggest issue.  Or at least bigger than the environment.

The AP notes that our senior senator, John Kerry, is on the opposite side of the issue.

The AP reports that the measure failed, anyways, but barely.  Six Democrats also voted for the amendment.


What do you think? Please feel free to comment!