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3:33 PM, Jun 24, 2009 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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Via John Boehner's press office:

In a CNBC interview today, prominent Obama supporter and economic advisor Warren Buffett blasted Speaker Pelosi's national energy tax, calling it a "huge tax" and "fairly regressive" that will harm "an awful lot of people."

Video here:

The House will vote on cap and trade on Friday.

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