Garden City Telegram: House Republicans solidly backed the nation’s first carbon tax on Monday night. But by this morning the majority party’s conservatives had changed their minds on adding a new tax in an election year. Characterizing the proposal as an environmentally friendly approach, the House GOP and a few Democrats easily passed an amendment, 78-42, on Monday to impose a $37-per-ton levy on carbon emissions that surpassed set levels. As the amendment was written, it applied only to …