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Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-CA) brought H.R. 6899, the Comprehensive
American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act, to the House floor
for consideration. There will be limited
debate and no amendments allowed; however, Republicans will be permitted to
offer a "motion to recommit" (i.e. one chance to ...
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Thursday, September 11, the House
Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee held a hearing on "Protecting the Electric Grid from Cyber Security Threats." At the hearing, Members heard testimony from government
officials and industry representatives on draft legislation which reflected
efforts by a coalition of electric ...
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY)
announced the committee will hold a hearing focused on tax policy options for
reducing greenhouse gas emissions on Sept. 18.
A number of proposals have been
referred to the Ways and Means Committee in the 110th Congress (e.g., H.R. 2069 - The Save Our Climate Act ...
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On
September 12, Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), along with 46 other
Senators, sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Republican Member of the
Senate Appropriations Committee requesting at least $2.5 billion in emergency
funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the
expected Continuing ...
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Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), chairman of
the Senate Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee and Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA),
chairman of the House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, have been working
behind the scenes to see if they can reach an agreement on a targeted bill to reinstate
all or part of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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