House GOP offers nuclear-loaded energy bill

WASHINGTON

“You have a conflict of visions between the Democratic approach and the Republican alternative. It is a difference between the carrot and the stick,” said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., who chaired the Republican task force charged with developing the legislation, which will be introduced this week.

The Democratic bill has the support of the White House and is on course to reach the House floor as early as the end of the month. It sets mandatory targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and for producing electricity from renewable sources.

AP