Reid: Improve the Transmission System
It is clear that the federal backstop transmission siting authority from the 2005 energy bill is not working and was not adequately designed to really tap our full renewable resource potential.
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It is clear that the federal backstop transmission siting authority from the 2005 energy bill is not working and was not adequately designed to really tap our full renewable resource potential.
</p> My committee has long been concerned about security vulnerabilities in our electric system.
</p> Instead, it is time to redefine how we fuel our vehicles.
</p> Solar energy technology has made leaps and bounds since it first became popular in the 1970s.
</p> I voted against the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill because it would result in higher energy prices and fewer jobs and would not necessarily reduce carbon emissions, as shown in European countries
</p> Democratic moderates are looking to Baucus to maintain the core of his cost-conscious, deficit-neutral Finance bill.
</p> At issue is an amendment sponsored by Sens.
</p> Leaders are still hunting for votes, but a decision is fast approaching: Democrats hope to bring a bill to the floor the first week of November.
</p> Walorski on Wednesday formed an exploratory committee to run in the 2nd district, which includes South Bend and parts of Elkhart and Kokomo.
</p> Bera ended the quarter with $586,000 in cash on hand.
</p> She is scheduled to meet today and Friday with key House staffers and lawmakers to prod them to reject a little-publicized provision in the Senate Finance bill.
Having let Congress have its way in writing health care reform legislation up to now, President Barack Obama needs to weigh in heavily if he wants to sign a bill by Christmas.
</p> Stupak’s leadership political action committee, Bart’s Bridge PAC, gave $2,500 on Sept. 15 to the gubernatorial campaign of Rep.
week attended by Bachus, Hensarling, Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Bachus was largely on message and assured them that Republicans would vote against the bill
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</p> Dinner at J&G begins with a complimentary sample of the raspberry lychee bellini, a cool and refreshing cocktail.
Correction Appended </p> As the U.S.
</p> “The country wants a balanced bill,— Baucus told reporters moments after his health care reform package was reported out of Finance.
</p> Bill Hoagland, a former budget aide to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) now working with the insurance giant CIGNA, also said Oct. 15 doesn’t matter much.
The current CR, passed as part of the legislative branch spending bill, expires Oct. 31.