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The Senate returns for the second session of the 110th Congress today (January 22); the House of Representatives returned for business last week (January 15). President Bush will deliver his final State of the Union address on January 28, and Congress will turn its attention to legislation focused on providing a much-needed stimulus to the ...
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The environmental community and the financial industry are ratcheting up the pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to act on a climate change bill by "Earth Day" (April 22). It is unclear if Pelosi will work to meet this deadline, but to those close to the issue, it does not seem feasible.
The action thus far this ...
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Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are circulating a letter to the Senate Leadership, requesting that the economic stimulus package include an increase of $3.62 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to fully fund the program at $5.1 billion in FY 2008 and provide an additional $500 million in contingency ...
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On January 17, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality held a hearing on the "Administration Perspectives on United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali." The only witness at the hearing was James L. Connaughton, the Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental ...
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At least 500 Department of Energy (DOE) employees at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository could lose their jobs in response to a funding cut contained in the FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill passed last month. Most of the job losses will be in Nevada, but some jobs will also be lost at the Sandia National Laboratory in New ...
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