A key subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow in an attempt to sort out varying accounts of the amount of oil that has been taken care of in the Gulf of Mexico. The hearing will also touch on seafood safety, another big issue More…
From the Twittering fingers of Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) comes this public invitation to join the congressman next month when Texas A&M, his alma mater, takes on Arkansas at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. He’s reserved a suite for you. Oh, and don’t forget to bring the More…
The Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill has gained momentum since its passage out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on May 21. The bill, which carries tax implications, is expected to pick up its needed stamp of approval from the Ways and Means Committee by June 19, says More…
Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee got to work on the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill, debating and voting on six amendments to the legislation. That’s modest progress at best — Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-Texas) has promised 450 amendments, and his fellow Republicans could further delay the More…
Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) just introduced an amendment to the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill to include a “cash-for-clunkers” program — and after having initially billed the proposal as an environmental measure, it looks like Sutton and her fellow Democrats are finally dropping the green label and calling it More…
House Democrats have just reached a compromise on a cash-for-clunkers bill that would provide financial incentives for people to trade in their old gas-guzzlers for more fuel efficient vehicles.
From the Energy and Commerce Committee’s press release:
Under the agreement, consumers may trade in their old, gas-guzzling vehicles
I was more than a little incredulous when I read that Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) claimed via Twitter to have stumped Energy Secretary Steven Chu with a simple science question. After all, Chu is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, while Barton doesn’t exactly have the firmest grasp More…
The two leading House Democrats on environmental policy are expected to unveil a major energy and climate bill today with more ambitious goals than recent competing proposals, according to The New York Times.
The Times has caught wind of some of the details of the bill, drafted by Energy More…
When House Democratic leaders unveiled their $825 billion stimulus wish-list last week, it marked only the beginning of a much longer process to forge the proposal upon which many argue the economy depends.
Indeed, the House Appropriations Committee yesterday tweaked the bill a bit, adding amendments requiring that projects More…
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