On Climate Bill, The Wooing Of John McCain May Take Longer
By Siobhan Hughes, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Efforts by U.S. Senate Democrats to persuade Sen.
John McCain, R-Ariz., to endorse their climate legislation may take a bit
longer.
Democrats have spent months reaching out to McCain through Sen. Maria
Cantwell, D-Wash., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. The outreach appeared likely
to step up after McCain's friend, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., over the weekend
became the first Republican this year to sign on to a bipartisan climate-change
plan.
But that hasn't been enough. On Tuesday, McCain said that he had problems with
the proposed deal, which calls for imposing tariffs on goods imported from
countries that fail to take steps to combat climate change.
"I know that I would never agree to tariffs on the borders for countries that
don't comply with our requirements," McCain told reporters.
The one-time Republican presidential nominee is a longtime supporter of
mandatory reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions.
-By Siobhan Hughes, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6654; Siobhan.Hughes@
dowjones.com
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10-13-091959ET
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