claim: "i don’t understand what republicans are doing against this. it was their idea. john mccain introduced cap and trade legislation three times."
author: john boccieri
evidence_1: jun 3, 2017 ... june 3, 2017 ... since mr. mccain ran for president on climate credentials that  were stronger ... government rules intended to slow climate change are “making  ... so for the most part, these moderate republicans are biding their time, until ...  what is known as cap-and-trade legislation, a concept invented by ...
evidence_2: oct 11, 2010 ... on april 20, 2010, senators john kerry, lindsey graham, and ... graham, a  republican, had a reputation as a senate maverick—but not one who actually  got things done. this bill offered the chance for all three men to transform their ...  and to cap-and-trade, associating the latter with a tax on energy and ...
evidence_3: jan 16, 2013 ... on the campaign trail in 2008, barack obama often said his top two ... was based  on this very reasonable idea that you'd get republicans ... and i don't think  environmentalists were able to see the shifting ground at the time. ... i mean, even  in the 2008 campaign, john mccain was in favor of cap-and-trade.
evidence_4: u.s. senator john mccain (r-az), a member of the u.s. congress from 1983  until his death in ... mccain was considered a moderate or centrist at different  times in his career such as when he .... mccain was one of two republicans who  voted against bush's tax cuts in 2001. ... mccain was a strong proponent of free  trade.
evidence_5: jan 13, 2016 ... the republican presidential frontrunner, john mccain, favored a ... in the  interview, he basically says, look, congress is probably going to pass a cap-and- trade bill in the ... 3) so, not surprisingly, rubio has backed away from his earlier  ... change or suggests that scientists don't really know what the deal is.