Brown: It's the Jobs, Stupid!

Senator Brown will be meeting with President Obama in an effort to shift the President's focus from the environment to jobs, reports Jay Fitzgerald.

“I think he’s going to push an agenda,” Brown told the Herald yesterday, adding that he’s worried the president will try to use the oil spill to rally support for cap-and-trade pollution-cutting legislation and more taxes on businesses.

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“I have a feeling he’s going to impose some sort of national energy tax,” said Brown, arguing such a tax or other costs could harm businesses at a fragile time for the economy. He said he supports a “comprehensive energy” program, but not one with cap-and-trade in it.

But Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said yesterday that a comprehensive climate-change bill - with restrictions and pricing mechanisms on carbon pollution - is necessary to both improve the environment and to help wean the nation off of foreign oil.

Hillary Chabot and Katie Carlin report that Brown's Tea Party supporters are displeased with his willingness to reach across the aisle.  The Massachusetts Liberal wonders how they'll feel about him meeting with "the One."


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