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Palin repeatedly mentioned Obama's vote in 2005 for an energy bill that allowed oil companies to receive large corporate tax breaks, saying she had worked to stop such corporate greed among oil interests in Alaska. "Bless their hearts ... they're not my biggest fans," Palin said of executives at ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Congress needs Isle delegates back to finish job Oct 6, 2008
Abercrombie points to elements from his own energy bill that were encompassed in the version that passed the House. In it, he championed a mix of initiatives that enabled further development of fossil fuels, reinvesting some of that asset into alternative and renewable energy development. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Rescue Legislation Contains Palliatives, No Cure Oct 6, 2008
Almost every alternative-energy firm wins from a tacked-on energy bill offering $17 billion in breaks. Again, while they will likely do nothing to alleviate the credit or housing crises, the provisions will spur the green-building and energy sectors and help homeowners cut their utility bills over time. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Palin holds her own against veteran Biden in VP debate Oct 4, 2008
They fought over energy, as Palin charged that Obama's vote for a comprehensive energy bill wound up giving tax breaks to Big Oil. Biden countered that McCain's tax cuts would benefit Exxon Mobil and rich CEOs. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Palin stands her ground in debate with Biden Oct 3, 2008
" They fought over energy, as Palin charged that Obama's vote for a comprehensive energy bill wound up giving tax breaks to big oil. Biden countered that McCain's tax cuts would benefit Exxon-Mobil and rich CEOs. Palin got feisty. "You know what I had to do in the state of Alaska ... " Biden chuckled. "Barack Obama voted for an energy bill because, for the first time, it had real support for alternative energy," he said. Biden talked toughest on foreign policy. A surge of additional troops like... (Anchorage Daily News)
Biden, Palin compete for middle-class champion role Oct 3, 2008
They fought over energy, as Palin charged that Obama's vote for a comprehensive energy bill wound up giving tax breaks to big oil ... "Barack Obama voted for an energy bill because, for the first time, it had real support for alternative energy," he said. (Anchorage Daily News)
The Road to Avatar Oct 3, 2008
Part of the answer in my view is to keep the stimuli within sight all the time, and what better way for electricity than to keep one's real-time energy bill in view all the time with real-time in-home display products. Studies by Hydro One up here in Ontario years ago revealed that equipping large populations (in the hundreds of households) with displays resulted in sustained conservation by nearly 10% on average. (Energy Pulse, CO)
November 2003 Oct 3, 2008
President Applauds Congress on Comprehensive Energy Bill. National American Indian Heritage Month, 2003. (White House News Releases)
Editor's Mailbag (Sept. 26) Oct 3, 2008
He was speaking is support of an energy bill that not only stifles meaningful oil field development but seeks to ban the most effective drilling forever. Talk about out of touch. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Decline in oil prices holds the prospect of wide relief Oct 3, 2008
He calculated that each $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil lowers the annual U.S. energy bill by about $70 billion. Because of high energy costs, consumers have reduced their gasoline use at the fastest pace since the oil shock of the late 1970s. (International Herald Tribune)
The Sarah Palin chronicles Oct 3, 2008
It's not even a matter of elite book-learning or having traveled or knowing what's happening with the latest energy bill on Capitol Hill. Is it too much to expect of a vice presidential candidate to say more than "we need to fight the terrorists over there so we don't fight them here?" Is that a foreign policy or a political ad. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
In Congress, a boost for alternative energy Oct 3, 2008
With the Senate's passage of an energy bill June 21, action this week shifts to the House, where Democrats will be rolling out their own plan for America's energy future. Rifts within their ranks, however, are forcing House Democrats to postpone some tough issues until fall a move that could complicate coming to terms with the Senate once an energy bill clears the House ... Speaker Pelosi wants this year's energy bill to mark a clean break with energy policy of the past, when Republicans... (Yahoo News -- Alternative Energy)
The Fact-Free Debate Oct 3, 2008
We had an energy bill before the United States Senate ... And so, again, look at the record, particularly the energy bill. (Slate)
House clears $25 BILLION for carmakers; Critics question use of taxpayer money... Sep 25, 2008
The loans were originally authorised in an energy bill passed last December to finance the retooling of plants for more fuel-efficient vehicles, especially hybrid and electric cars ... However, the energy bill restricts benefits to plants that have been in operation for at least 20 years, thereby excluding most foreign carmakers. (The Drudge Report)
* Shares of solar gear makers rise Sep 25, 2008
The US energy bill helped lift solar stocks, said Hsieh Chang-yo, analyst at Capital Securities Corp (sq), who has a buy rating on Motech and E-ton. The legislation will increase demand for solar energy. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
House approves $25 billion loan program for automakers Sep 25, 2008
The $25 billion direct loan program was set up by the energy bill signed into law in 2007 and is intended to help automakers retool plants and develop technology for more fuel-efficient cars ... They argued that the loans are not a bailout that they were agreed to a year ago to help the automakers meet the energy bill's mandate that their vehicles get higher gas mileage. (USA Today -- Autos)
Auto industry to get $25 billion in federal loans Sep 25, 2008
The loans were authorized in last year's energy bill but not funded. The loans were designed to help automakers meet costly new fuel-efficiency standards of at least 35 miles per gallon by 2020, a 40 percent increase. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
House Caves to Big Oil; Plans to Allow Offshore Drilling Moratorium to Expire Sep 24, 2008
Below is a statement by Richard Charter of the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund: "This action just goes to show that the Bush administration and its oily friends in Congress are dead-set on expanding the reach -- and the pocketbooks -- of Big Oil. "Despite the passage last week of a House energy bill that includes expanded drilling, Big Oil wasn't satisfied, urging that even limited restrictions on offshore drilling be lifted. While this can be expected of a self-interested industry raking in... (PR Newswire)
Obama And McCain On Climate Change Sep 24, 2008
Money raised would be used to develop renewable energy and to subsidize consumers' energy bills. By one estimate a cap and trade program could raise the average family energy bill more than $700 a year. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Chrysler pulls some electric cars out of its hat Sep 24, 2008 Lummis staffer calls Trauner news conference Sep 24, 2008 Blunt Statement on Speaker's Maneuver to Extend, Expand Bans on Accessing American Energy Resources Sep 23, 2008 Outfitting your dream (green) kitchen Sep 23, 2008 The next little thing? Sep 23, 2008 In Congress, a boost for alternative energy Sep 23, 2008 Grab the pitchforks and torches! Sep 22, 2008 Hurricane Nancy Sep 22, 2008 Gimme a break Sep 21, 2008 TWO VIEWS: Unlocking energy reserves can ensure prosperity Sep 21, 2008 House Passes Backroom Energy Bill (Update) Sep 21, 2008 Snapshots from the trail Sep 21, 2008 Congressional GOP revival? Sep 20, 2008 Gas, not oil, could drive drilling off Mass. coast Sep 20, 2008 ‘Gang of 10’ Drops Plan to Offer Energy Bill Sep 20, 2008 Senate Agenda Runs From Bailout to Extenders Sep 20, 2008 Tester calls for answers, banking, energy Sep 20, 2008 Why no mention of Bush at convention? Sep 19, 2008 Newsweek: Detroit seeking $25 billion bailout Sep 19, 2008 Drilling Victory! Sep 19, 2008 Letters for Thursday, September 18, 2008 Sep 19, 2008 Gillibrand, Treadwell differ over energy bill Sep 19, 2008 Google abandons antiabortion-ad policy after U.K. legal battle Sep 19, 2008 Pelosi leads Democrats' assault on AIG rescue Sep 18, 2008 White House Defends Federal Takeover of AIG Sep 18, 2008 Public turns up nose at septic tank law Sep 18, 2008 Democrats back offshore oil drilling Sep 18, 2008 GOP Changes Tack in Energy Debate Sep 18, 2008 Washington's Offshore Snake Oil Sep 18, 2008 Pelosi: Financial Markets Crisis One Glaring Example of Bush Administration Mismanagement Sep 17, 2008 Pelosi: 'It's Time for an Oil Change in America and the Energy Bill Represents That' Sep 17, 2008 Cutting costs to lose money Sep 17, 2008 Key provisions of House energy bill Sep 17, 2008 RBC finds Canadian homeowners turn to eco-friendly renovations to save money Sep 17, 2008 Wasted energy bill Sep 17, 2008 Oil drilling in Georges Bank banned in energy bill Sep 17, 2008 $85,000,000,000 to AIG Sep 17, 2008 EDITORIAL:Energy compromise Sep 17, 2008 Pelosi Threads Energy Needle Sep 17, 2008 Vote Won't End Energy Debate Sep 17, 2008 House votes to allow limited offshore drilling Sep 17, 2008 Hodes, Shea-Porter vote for offshore drilling plan Sep 17, 2008 Black Monday on Wall St. Sep 16, 2008 Blog: UNCW Football Sep 16, 2008 Domestic automakers lobby for loans Sep 15, 2008 Auto industry failure could help Shreveport GM plant Sep 14, 2008 Reporter's Notebook: Gangs of the Senate Sep 14, 2008 Oregon senator to try to extend county payments Sep 14, 2008 Wagoner: Automakers need aid to innovate Sep 13, 2008 GM Chief Seeks Loan Program Sep 13, 2008 Auto execs in D.C. to push loan program Sep 13, 2008 Peddling Palin mythology Sep 13, 2008 Miceli scores big on environmental issues Sep 13, 2008 Apply Sunscreen Liberally to Home: Enjoy Lasting Protection Sep 13, 2008 Chevron caught up in oil agency scandal Sep 13, 2008 In Congress, a boost for alternative energy Sep 13, 2008 Electrifying Idea From The 'Gang Of 10' Sep 13, 2008 Shelby: No Govt.-Backed Loans to Auto Industry Sep 13, 2008 Lehman: The next bailout? Sep 12, 2008 Enviros: Tie Auto Industry Loans to Fuel Standards Sep 12, 2008 4 Ways to Reduce a Gadget's Power Drain Sep 12, 2008 Democrats Delay Energy Bill Sep 12, 2008 Energy Summit On Tap Sep 12, 2008 Palin went after big oil Sep 12, 2008 Election-Year Energy Sep 12, 2008
Alternative powertrains such as the one Chrysler showed on Tuesday are investments the industry might have to scale back, Nardelli said, if Congress fails to approve money for $25 billion in loans promised in last year's energy bill to help automakers retool plants for more fuel-efficient cars. Without the loans, Nardelli says, "We are going to have to make some very tough trade-offs.". (USA Today -- Autos)
Politicians should wear pinwheel hats Sep 24, 2008
On Sept. 17, one of the front page headlines proclaimed: Offshore drilling plan OK d. In the same article on A-9 Congressman Ron Kind is noted as saying the energy bill was a comprehensive energy piece that sends us in the right direction. Oops. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
"This is Sierra. I'm just a supporter. I was curious about whether Mr. Trauner supports, or if he'd been in the House would have voted for Nancy Pelosi's and the rest of the Democrats' energy bill this past week.". Trauner asked the caller who she was. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
issued the following statement today after a circulation draft released by Speaker Pelosi indicated Democrats will use the "continuing resolution" - a temporary mechanism to fund the government made necessary by Democrats' inability to finish their work - to advance their sham energy bill: "If anyone had previously doubted whether the speaker's sham energy bill lacked both the merit and ability to become law, her intention to use a must-pass, temporary appropriations measure to sneak it through... (PR Newswire)
It turns out that the quickest route to a greener machine is also the best way to reduce your energy bill ... And choosing an Energy Star dishwasher or refrigerator can also save you up to third on your energy bill. (MSNBC -- Environment)
" Although last year, like most Americans, she saw a sharp rise in her monthly energy bill, the increase from $4 to $8 didn't exactly bankrupt her, she said. Mr. Janzen, meanwhile, worries that an activist like Mr. Shafer, the Tumbleweed founder, "would look at someone like me and say I'm only taking a half-step. " Asked if that were the case, Mr. Shafer said he doesn't advocate for everyone to live as he does. "I know 100 square feet is too small for most people," he said, including his new... (Globe and Mail -- Business)
With the Senate's passage of an energy bill June 21, action this week shifts to the House, where Democrats will be rolling out their own plan for America's energy future. Rifts within their ranks, however, are forcing House Democrats to postpone some tough issues until fall a move that could complicate coming to terms with the Senate once an energy bill clears the House ... Speaker Pelosi wants this year's energy bill to mark a clean break with energy policy of the past, when Republicans... (Yahoo News -- Alternative Energy)
Saxby Chambliss, the senior GOP partner pushing the Gang of Ten bipartisan energy bill, announced late Friday that the legislation would be placed on hold until after the November elections. -Urinal/DNC. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The House of Representatives passed a sham energy bill, as House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo ... this Democrat no-energy energy bill embodies the rhetoric-first, solutions-last brand of leadership that has made this Democratic Congress the most unpopular in our nation s history. (Human Events Online)
Mattyb wrote on Sep 17, 2008 11:08 AM:" Not much you can do when Democrats in the House are voting today on their Energy Bill. All drilling 0-50 miles offshore -CLOSED. Drilling 50-100 miles offshore - up to each state, but no revenue sharing with the states (THAT MEANS THE STATES HAVE NO INCENTIVE TO ALLOW DRILLING) you have spell things out for socialist sometimes. 100 miles offshore - Drill to your hearts content. (WAIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE NO INFRASTUCTURE IN PLACE TO GET OIL 100 MILES... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
John E. Peterson 09/21/08 00:00:00 WASHINGTON -- This past week the House of Representatives was presented with a clear choice: Support comprehensive, bipartisan energy legislation that would put America on the road to energy independence and a clean energy future, or support a backroom-brokered deal designed to give vulnerable members of the Democratic Party political cover, and call it an energy bill ... In fact, the passage of Speaker Pelosi's no-energy energy bill will increase our... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Congress Votes on Backroom Energy Bill - HUMAN EVENTS ... Democrats introduced a 290-page energy bill at 9:45 p.m. Monday night which passed 236-189 Tuesday evening -- just over 24 hours after the bill was filed. (Human Events Online)
Carol Shea-Porter and Republican Jeb Bradley got off to a fine start in the wake of the Democratically controlled House actually passing an imperfect and compromised energy bill that had a major thing going for it it didn't have a Bush-Cheney fingerprint on it ... Shea-Porter fired back and suggested that "Bradley should read the bill before talking about it." She even said her opponent is part of the Republican establishment that, if you can imagine such political double-dealing, really doesn't... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Sorry, but I forgot to mention that the disengenuous Deomcrat leadership just put forth a energy bill that was intended to look like it would support drilling, but actually did not ... Congress come back and Democrats pushed through the House a fake energy bill. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
William Delahunt and Edward Markey rushed to add language protecting Georges Bank to an energy bill that the House passed Tuesday ... Stellwagen Bank, a important fishing area for boats from South Shore harbors, would not be subject to offshore drilling under the House energy bill, which bans drilling within 50 miles of the coastline. (Ipswich Chronicle, MA)
Gang of 10 Drops Plan to Offer Energy Bill - Roll Call ... Gang of 10 Drops Plan to Offer Energy Bill ... The Senate s bipartisan Gang of 10 will announce later Friday that it will not produce a comprehensive energy bill as it had planned. (Roll Call)
Laying out an ambitious legislative agenda, Senate leaders plan to spend the week of Sept. 22 advancing a forthcoming bailout package aimed at stabilizing the financial sector, a comprehensive energy bill, tax-extenders legislation and a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
A large part of the press conference dealt with energy bills passing through Congress ... He said he is hopeful that an energy bill that passed the House has success in the Senate, although he couldn t guarantee it will pass. (Havre Daily News, MT)
Keith wrote on Sep 16, 2008 10:17 AM:" Keith P - What makes you think that a majority gives Democrats "control". With a strong minority to block legislation and a President who vetoes anything not Republican, control is tenuous at best. Google "McCain, energy bill" and see how many times your boy voted against a sensible energy policy for our country. ". Keith P wrote on Sep 16, 2008 7:44 AM:" Dick, do you read the papers? Democrats have been in control of Congress the last two years. Peolosi... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
The auto bosses would like to cast the $25 billion as something that should be a done deal since Congress authorized that financial assistance in last year's energy bill, which required automakers to increase the car's average fuel economy by 40 percent, to 35 miles per gallon, by 2020 ... "Congress just came back a couple weeks ago," he told NEWSWEEK. "Who was there in Washington in July and August?" He seemed perplexed that getting a $25 billion loan has become such a big deal, because it was... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Earlier this week, the House did vote on an energy bill, which the GOP called a sham because it prohibited drilling within 50 miles off shore, where most of the oil is believed to be located. Democratic leaders are planning to put Congress into another recess on September 26 to campaign for the November elections, meaning the congressional ban would expire while they are in their home districts. (Townhall.com)
But naturally, Obama failed to mention that he himself voted for the Bush 2005 Energy Bill, which passed the Senate 74-26. All this waffling from a man who stated, to a live audience in Oregon on May 10, that I ve been in 57 states, (with) I think one left to go. (Missoulian, MT)
Gillibrand s opponent for the 20th Congressional District, however, Alexander Sandy Treadwell, R,C,I-Lake Placid, commented Wednesday on the bill s passage, and took severe issue with it, calling it an energy bill that simply will not produce more energy, and a complete sham. Treadwell specifically noted his position that the option for states to participate in offshore drilling is faulty. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
I've got an e-mail pending with John Battelle, author of ," to see what he thinks. In other unrelated news, an update on the : The hackers says it was easy, and better yet, it wasn't real hacking at all. Wired's Kim Zetter : Bloggers have connected the handle of the poster, "Rubico," to an e-mail address, and tentatively identified the owner as a college student in Tennessee. Threat Level was unable to reach the student by phone because his number is unlisted. A person who identified himself as... (Salon)
And, she added, If Congress leaves here without an energy bill, it will be one of the worst examples of partisan posturing that Ive seen in my 12 years here. . (MSNBC -- Politics)
A bill before Congress would give the companies $25 billion in federal loans, a program established but not funded under an energy bill passed last year. Perino said the White House would not comment on that prospect until Congress decides whether to go ahead with approving the money. (Fox News -- Politics)
Gondolapete wrote on Sep 17, 2008 9:13 AM:" The democrats are in control of the house and senate, and its the democrats who block every sort of common sense legislation. And then for 8 yrs we have had a president it acts just like a liberal democrat. Yesterday the biggest scam of a bill this decade was just passed by the dems, their so called energy bill. Once again its a do nothing, gain nothing bill, but promises the Sun!!!! ". Kaijakoira wrote on Sep 17, 2008 9:28 AM:" While they're at it,... (Longview Daily News, WA)
IN A stunning political turnabout, the US House of Representatives has voted to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil drilling as part of an energy bill aimed at rebutting Republican election-year attacks that the Democratic majority was not doing enough to try to ease the pain of Americans at the pump. The measure would let states decide whether to permit energy exploration 80 kilometres off their coasts, ending a drilling ban that was put in place for much of the California coastline in 1981... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
A day after Democratic leaders passed an energy package along mostly party lines, House GOP leaders on Wednesday were rallying behind a separate, bipartisan energy bill that they say should serve as the foundation for an economic stimulus package. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
"I don't think that Americans are going to see this Congress actually pass out an energy bill" said White House Press Secretary Dana Perino on Wednesday. "I'm not that concerned that this president is going to have to veto a bill because unless they can get their act together, there's not going to be a bill that is sent to us.". (Forbes -- Business)
"So this conversation and many conversations I've had with Mr. Paulson are in the context of the situation that is the result of the policies of the Bush Administration over this nearly eight years. Not only are the financial institutions fragile and the markets affected by that, but so are the consumers and the taxpayers and small business owners and families across America. Where is the accountability, where is the sense of responsibility? And again, John McCain offers four more years of the... (PR Newswire)
Pelosi: 'It's Time for an Oil Change in America and the Energy Bill Represents That ... Pelosi: 'It's Time for an Oil Change in America and the Energy Bill Represents That ... WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leaders held a news conference today to discuss the comprehensive energy bill on the House floor today. (PR Newswire)
We got rid of the gas-powered water heater, but the price of oil went up, so our energy bill stayed the same. I can t tell you how disconcerting it is to hear the furnace cycle on when it s 85 degrees outside and there s sweat running down my back. (Taylor Daily Press, TX)
By The Associated Press. Wednesday, September 17, 2008. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
This is no surprise, considering homeowners are reporting a 16 per cent increase in their monthly energy bill compared to the previous year. "A growing number of Canadians are starting to fundamentally change the way they think about their homes and its environmental footprint," says Adams. (Canada Newswire)
Now Congress is considering expanding the duties that the Interior Department has mismanaged for years, under an energy bill that's simply bad policy to begin with. That's the real story voters should hear. (Los Angeles Times)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Oil and gas drilling would be banned on New England's famed Georges Bank fishing grounds in a new energy bill passed by the House ... The energy bill ends a longtime moratorium on drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific waters ... The new energy bill would allow drilling 50 miles beyond shore if a state agrees to offshore oil or gas development. (Concord Monitor)
Oh, the House energy bill - no offshore drilling withing 50 miles. Great policy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill late Tuesday that would allow offshore drilling and provides for intensified development of alternative energy sources, a generally positive step, but its not the complete answer. We hope it becomes part of the basis for a House-Senate-conference committee that can hammer out a final compromise. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
massaged and massaged and massaged her energy bill for months before the vote Tuesday and said she s willing to consider still more changes even sharing offshore oil revenue with states in a final deal with the Senate. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
Capping months of bitter wrangling over energy, the House tonight passed a sweeping Democratic energy bill that eases a long-standing federal ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
The energy bill, passed with the support of most Democrats, would let states decide whether to drill between 50 and 100 miles off their coasts while allowing the federal government to open areas beyond 100 miles ... But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, fearing a backlash for her party in November with polls showing growing support for new drilling, agreed to lift the moratorium as part of a broader energy bill ... The Senate is set to take up three separate energy bills, which differ sharply from the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
WASHINGTON, D.C. New Hampshire Representatives Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter voted for an energy bill approved by the House late Tuesday that would open waters 50 miles off the U.S. coast to oil and natural gas drilling if adjacent states agree. Drilling on New England's Georges Bank fishing grounds still would be off- limits. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Ethanol bill fuels food costs-Expect the price of beef, pork, chicken and a host of other goods to go up if the House energy bill becomes law. -CNN. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
ANSWER: Because Obama is PRO-Nuclear ted FOR the Cheney Energy Bill; Clinton is NOT Pro-Nuke AGAINST the Cheney Energy Bill. (). (The Seahawk, NC)
The pitch from Wagoner came as the Senate prepares what appear to be the first votes on the industry's loan hunt early this week, as part of several energy bills ... Wagoner's remarks were the most public attempt so far from Detroit's automakers to get the loans, which were approved but not paid for in last year's energy bill. (News & Observer)
An energy bill approved by Congress in December authorized $25 billion in loans for the industry, but money to implement the program has not been approved by Congress. The Detroit Big Three GM, Ford and Chrysler are lobbying Congress to approve the money needed to guarantee and service the loans, about $3. (Monroe News Star)
With this gang activity, Senate decorum threatens to devolve into bedlam over this energy bill ... So lately, some Congressional reporters started calling the energy bill s Gang of Ten The Gas Gang. (Fox News)
If the Senate doesn t block the energy-tax legislation and county payments from the major energy bill, the legislation would go to the House. An attempt to renew the county payments died there in June because lawmakers opposed funding them with back royalties due to oil companies for government errors on drilling leases. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
The loans were approved but not funded in last years energy bill. Automakers have seized on the program as their best hope for relief from a cash crunch thats expected to last through 2010. (Detroit Free Press)
right, asked lawmakers at a Senate energy summit to fund a provision in last year's energy bill that would allow the loans to be extended and to draft regulations for the program. Wagoner said the funding would be "very helpful in enabling the industry to move more rapidly" to produce fuel-efficient vehicles. (Washington Post)
GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner asked lawmakers at a Senate energy summit to fund a provision in last years energy bill to allow the loans to be extended and to draft regulations for the program. If that is done, then I think the $25 billion included in the energy bill last year would be very helpful in enabling the industry to move more rapidly, Wagoner said ... Congress authorized $25 billion in loans in last years energy bill but has not funded the program. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Senate energy bill contains goodies for Illinois ... The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an energy bill that would dramatically increase the use of ethanol, providing Illinois farmers a steady market for corn and bolstering the growing ethanol industry in the state. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Miceli scored 94 percent on his pro-environmental stances on such issues as the Emergency Bond Bill, Energy Bill, Global Warming Solutions Act, Environmental Bond Bill, and other very important ecological issues. The legislation that is chosen for the MLEV s scorecard represents a diversified set of environmental and conservation concerns. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
And who wouldn't appreciate a lower energy bill ... "A properly insulated home can save you up to 20 percent on energy bills. A good place to start is the attic because that's where a lot of cool air can be lost," says Tedhams ... Unwanted air leakage alone can raise energy bills by up to 10 percent. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Speier, D-Hillsborough, proposed that language be inserted into the Democrats' next energy bill that would bar from future oil lease sales any company not cooperating with a government investigation. The party leadership was receptive to the idea but hasn't yet made a decision, said Speier spokesman Mike Larsen. (San Francisco Chronicle)
With the Senate's passage of an energy bill June 21, action this week shifts to the House, where Democrats will be rolling out their own plan for America's energy future. Rifts within their ranks, however, are forcing House Democrats to postpone some tough issues until fall a move that could complicate coming to terms with the Senate once an energy bill clears the House ... Speaker Pelosi wants this year's energy bill to mark a clean break with energy policy of the past, when Republicans... (Yahoo News -- Alternative Energy)
Neither a purely Democratic nor a purely Republican energy bill will be possible anytime in the foreseeable future. If anyone had predicted three months ago that prominent Democrats and Republicans would join together to introduce serious legislation that includes increases in domestic oil production, dramatically expanded funding for alternative and renewable fuels, and ultimately a pathway toward an electrified transportation system, no one would have believed it. (Investors Business Daily)
8 billion in funds to cover the costs of issuing $25 billion in loans that were included in the 2007 energy bill. The loan program is open to all auto companies, but was designed primarily to help sagging U.S.-based manufacturers retool factories and develop new technologies necessary for meeting a government mandate to improve the fuel-efficiency of their vehicles by 40 percent by 2020. (Newsmax)
Up to $25 billion in government-supported loans for automakers were a part of the 2007 energy bill, which passed Congress and was signed into law by President Bush. But auto firms want to raise government help to $50 billion. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Congress authorized $25 billion in loans in last year's energy bill but hasn't funded the program. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC have been working to secure funding for the loans after months of tight credit markets, tepid sales and high gasoline prices. (ABC News -- Wire)
Electronics account for 15% of the average household's annual energy bill, according to the U.S. Department of Energy ... (In 2001, electronics accounted for just 7% of the average consumers' $2,000 annual energy bill, or $140. (SmartMoney)
House leadership has officially postponed consideration of the Democratic energy bill until next week. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
In anticipation of next week s debate on an energy bill, the Senate will hold an all-day energy summit Friday. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
Six days before, in the U.S. Senate, an energy bill that would have repealed billions in tax breaks for oil companies failed by one vote. Obama voted yea; McCain skipped the vote. (USA Today)
He's optimistic that each chamber can pass an energy bill and start the initial conversations about reconciling their differences before adjourning. If nothing prevails, it's back to the drawing board. (Forbes -- Business)
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