Kerry Says All Ideas, Including Carbon Tax, Are 'On the Table'. By Darren Samuelsohn, ClimateWire, February 25, 2010. "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is urging Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to quickly write comprehensive climate and energy legislation to give the measure a chance of reaching the floor this year. Reid and Kerry met Tuesday in the Capitol to discuss strategy on a sweeping measure that is expected to include incentives for nuclear power and domestic oil and gas production, as well as some mechanism for pricing greenhouse gas emissions. While Reid supports the legislative effort, he told Kerry that time is critical for getting a bill out for senators to review given the emphasis on the economy and an already-heated election year political season, a Senate Democratic aide close to the effort said today. 'He said, I need a bill as soon as possible,' the aide said. Kerry this week has repeatedly stressed that he and Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) have been working with urgency to produce an overall climate and energy package. They have met three times this week, including a session Monday night with White House climate adviser Carol Browner and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar... Kerry told reporters on Tuesday that the debate over pricing emissions is the biggest stumbling block, with all ideas still on the table about using a cap-and-trade system, a carbon tax and methods to distribute valuable emission allocations."
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