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  • Congress Adjourns to Campaign for Elections

    Congress adjourned on October 3, after completing work on the economic rescue bill.  The Senate is scheduled to reconvene for a post-election, lame duck session on November 17 and to organize for the 111th Congress.  The House is currently scheduled to return on January 3, 2009, although there is speculation they may return ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on October 7, 2008
  • Energy Tax Extenders Become Law in Economic Rescue Package

    On October 3, by a vote of 263-171, the House passed HR 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, a bill that provides $700 billion to rescue the financial markets, which the Senate passed 74-25 on October 1.  The House had defeated a slightly different version earlier that week.  To attract more support, the ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on October 7, 2008
  • Dingell and Boucher Release Climate Change Draft

    Today, (10/7) House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) and Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) released a "discussion draft" of legislation to establish an economy-wide, cap-and-trade program to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG).  In a memorandum to Committee ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on October 7, 2008
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