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• President Obama Outlines Budget, Assumes Revenues from Cap-and-Trade Program

  On February 26, President Obama released an outline of his Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Budget, without providing many details; those are not expected until April. Typically, the President releases his complete budget in February, although it is not unusual Read More... Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 5:37 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 3-2-09 by Article

• Ways & Means Member Advances a "Cap and Dividend" Plan to Address Climate

  On February 24, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) sent a Dear Colleague letter to fellow Democrats, outlining his approach to address global climate change. He said the strength of his plan, titled the Cap and Dividend Act of 2009 , would lie in its simplicity, Read More... Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 5:35 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 3-2-09 by Article

• Upcoming Congressional Energy and Climate Hearings

  Continuing forward on their schedules of holding weekly hearings on energy and climate related policy, both House and Senate committees of jurisdiction will be holding numerous hearing this week and next. In the Senate, the Energy and Natural Resources Read More... Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 5:33 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 3-2-09 by Article