Cap and Trade may come back to haunt House Democrats who voted for it months ago. Bill Stouffer, candidate for 4th Congressional seat currently held by Congressman Ike Skelton, comments in this story.
REPOST OF WASHINGTON POST STORY IN POST POLITICS:
THE CRUCIAL CORRIDOR
Among House Democrats in Rust Belt, a sense of abandonment over energy bill
By Paul Kane and Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
To read the full story, click here.
"...But 13 months after that tough vote, Boccieri and dozens of other House Democrats along the Rust Belt are not at all happy with the way things have turned out.
Throughout the winter and spring, as the health-care debate dominated Washington's attention, lawmakers faced less scrutiny on climate change and some thought the controversy might recede. But Republicans are reviving it as a campaign issue...
"That bill would just crucify Missouri. Voting for it, it just didn't make sense," said state Sen. Bill Stouffer, who is one of two well-financed Republican primary candidates hoping to unseat Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton in the fall. The GOP is using the climate change vote to accuse Skelton, now in his 34th year in Congress, of drifting from his moderate Midwestern roots..."
