House members warn carbon tax would increase unemployment rate

“[W]ith continuing high national joblessness and an unemployment rate exceeding 7.8 percent every month since February 2009, a carbon tax will drive the unemployment rate even higher,” the resolution states.

{mosads}It argues further that a carbon tax would have an “uneven effect” across the country, as it would hit some areas harder than others. And, it says imposing a carbon tax in the United States would do nothing to stop carbon emissions in China, India and other large carbon-emitting nations.

McKinley’s resolution, H.Con.Res. 142, is co-sponsored by five Republicans and three Democrats: Reps. Joe Barton (R-Texas), Tim Holden (D-Pa.), Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), John Shimkus (R-Ill.), Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.).