Yesterday, I wrote about the TANF Emergency Fund, or TEF, a stimulus program that funded job-subsidy programs, leading to the employment of 240,000 previously jobless workers. That program is expiring on Sept. 30, meaning tens of thousands might lose their jobs.
In the first week of July, Andie Davis’ husband, who worked in manufacturing, lost his job, as hundreds of thousands of Michiganders have since the onset of the recession. Soon after, he started collecting unemployment insurance benefits that might last the family of four as long as 99 weeks. Davis More…
As Florida Democratic Senate candidates Rep. Kendrick Meek and billionaire businessman Jeff Greene slugged it out in their only statewide televised debate last night, key Democrats prepared for a fundraiser tonight in Washington that will benefit former Florida Republican governor, now independent senatorial candidate, Charlie Crist.
Despite doubts from many in Washington that an oil spill response bill, let alone a comprehensive climate bill, can pass the Senate this year, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is holding out hope that his energy tax incentives bill will become part of an energy bill that passes this year.
Sen. John Kerry’s office just sent out more details on his “Clean Energy Technology Leadership Act,” which provides financing for a number of clean energy tax incentives.
Politico reports that Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will unveil today an energy tax incentives bill.
Coral Davenport writes in Politico’s Morning Energy:
He just won’t quit: In the wake of his failed climate change push, John Kerry today drops a clean energy financing bill, which extends tax incentives for
Speaking at a town hall meeting on Capitol Hill organized by the National Resources Defense Fund today, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), arguably the Senate’s lead proponent of climate action, acknowledged that time is running out for energy and climate legislation this year. But he promised the audience: “This is not More…
The Center for American Progress has released a detailed road map of just how Senate Majority Harry Reid (D-Nev.) should combine various climate and energy proposals to form a comprehensive bill that will make progressives happy.
The report — which is authored by CAP senior fellow Dan Weiss and special More…
Not every environmental group is encouraged by the efforts to come to a consensus with the electric industry on a utility-only cap on emissions. One environmentalist source told TWI that negotiations with electric utilities will inevitably result in a “flawed product” based on too many compromises. “I’m just not confident More…
Environmental groups are working feverishly behind the scenes to ensure that the climate and energy bill being cobbled together by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) includes a carbon cap on the power sector, but sources closely following the debate on and off Capitol Hill say there is simply not More…
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