Morgan Meguire News

The Senate returned from its Thanksgiving recess on Dec. 4 and the House returned today (Dec. 5).  Members are expected to "punt" the incomplete FY07 appropriations bills to the next Congress and pass another continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government, at FY06 levels, through mid-February.  The current CR expires ...

Today, House Republican Leaders pulled from consideration a limited off-shore drilling bill, as supporters acknowledged that they could not muster a two-thirds majority to clear it without amendments. The bill would have limited offshore drilling to 8.3 million acres in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, which was much more palatable than the original ...

Late last week, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) ended mounting speculation that he would seek the House Resources chairmanship by announcing his intention to head the powerful House Energy and Commerce's Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee instead.  Markey had said, as recently as last Wednesday that he might challenge Rep. Nick Rahall ...

The Princeton Municipal Light Department and the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) were denied their request for $5.75 million in bonding authority under the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREB) program.  Princeton had planned to install two 1.6 MW wind turbines with the funds. APPA is not pleased with the ...