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Buried in Waxman-Markey

By Paul Chesser on 5.20.09 @ 2:25PM

Discovered by our friends at American Energy Alliance, on Page 781.

Discovered by our friends at American Energy Alliance, on Page 781:

Title IV, Subtitle B, Part 2, Section 426, of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, states: An eligible worker (specifically, workers who lose their jobs as a result of this measure) may receive a climate change adjustment allowance under this subsection for a period of not longer than 156 weeks…80 percent of the monthly premium of any health insurance coverage…up to a maximum payment of $1,500 in relocation allowance…and job search expenses not exceed[ing] $1,500.

What -- no Jobs Bank?!

topics:
Global Warming, Henry Waxman

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Paul Chesser is executive director for the American Tradition Institute and a senior fellow for the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives. The views he expresses do not necessarily reflect the views of these organizations.