Did Marco Rubio support Cap n Trade in FL Legislature?

[Matt Collins]

http://mim.io/b8b16


Look up:
HB 7135 in 2008 - while Rubio was FL House Spkr.


http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sectio...5&Session=2008

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/sectio...x?BillId=39607

http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2008-227.pdf

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As the leader of the Florida House in 2008, Rubio presided over a unanimous vote in favor of directing the state Department of Environmental Protection to develop ground rules for companies to limit their carbon emissions.

Now he's questioning whether global warming is man-made.

"Rubio is a total flip-flopper," said Gerald Karnas, Florida director of the Environmental Defense Fund. "Under his leadership, progressive energy legislation passed the House."

Rubio said Thursday that his position on cap and trade — which allows companies that don't reach emission caps to trade pollution credits — hasn't changed. The Florida law's requirement that the plan return to the GOP-led Legislature for final approval appeased the business lobby and, Rubio said, was guaranteed to stop it in its tracks.

"It has worked out as it was designed to work out, which was to stop a cap-and-trade system in Florida," Rubio said Thursday.

"That's a bit disingenuous," said Jay Liles of the Florida Wildlife Federation, who lobbied for the bill along with Karnas and other environmental activists. "For Rubio to say that all along he knew it wouldn't really come to pass is illogical. He set the stage for (cap and trade) to happen."

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politic...cle1057950.ece

[HOLLYWOOD]

Florida Republican candidate Marco Rubio is a "product" of the Aspen Institute... He is Pure Poison

[ZanZibar]

Florida Republican candidate Marco Rubio is a "product" of the Aspen Institute... He is Pure Poison

Who funds the Aspen Institute?

[Matt Collins]

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