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News that the Russian government last week took a big step toward approving the Kyoto Protocol on global warming means that the long-delayed treaty is likely to soon come into…
Yesterday was the cut-off for filing prospective amendments to the FSC/ETI conference report. Earlier this week, Chairman Thomas distributed a discussion draft as a starting point for negotiations. That draft…
The opening FSC/ETI (corporate tax bill) conference meeting was today, led by House Ways & Means Chairman Bill Thomas. After opening statements, the Chairman distributed a discussion draft and charted…
Sen. Bingaman has joined a bipartisan group of senators seeking emergency funding for a program that helps needy families, senior citizens and others on fixed incomes pay their home utility…
After three and a half years (and just weeks before an election), the Bush Administration is finally coming around to our view that it needs a more sophisticated approach to…
The Senate today passed middle class tax cut legislation that includes an extension through 2005 for the popular wind energy tax credit. Also included in the bill (H.R. 1308) are…
The Senate is debating H.R. 4567, the Homeland Security Appropriations bill. Sen. Robert C. Byrd tonight offered an amendment to direct the government to stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve….
Congress has started a 6-week recess. During that recess, on Aug. 14, we will mark the first anniversary of last summer’s crippling blackout. Knowing that, it is hard to understand…
With the corporate tax bill conference stalled because of political and procedural wrangling, the governors of our nation’s four most populous states (California, Texas, New York and Florida) have written…
After wasting much of this week fussing over whom can marry who, something worthwhile happened on the floor of the United States Senate today: Party leaders agreed to begin conferencing…
The Bush Administration today proposed undoing a regulation that protects parts of our national forests from road construction, logging, mining and other commercial activity. Sen. Bingaman, top Democrat on the…
The Senate last night passed a resolution recognizing the loyal service to America of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, who led the Los Alamos National Laboratory during the Manhattan Project, but…
Here is a guest column on energy from Sen. Bingaman that appears in today’s The Hill: Acting on Our Immediate Energy Challenges Three immediate energy challenges face our country this…
All four witnesses at today’s Senate Energy Committee hearing on crude oil and natural gas prices endorsed Sen. Bingaman’s recommendations to the Administration on how to deal with the high…
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) today was joined by Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), as well as Representatives Nick Rahall (D-WV) and Jay Inslee (D-WA)…
Votes on energy-related bills in the House, originally scheduled for this week, may now be held later this month. That postponement, due to the passing of former President Reagan, has…
The much-advertised "House Energy Week" will likely have a lot to do with election-year politics and little to do with fixing our nation’s energy problems. That’s a shame. America’s energy…
Today GAO released a report titled “Wildfire Suppression: Funding Transfers Cause Project Cancellation and Delays, Strained Relationships and Management Disruptions.” With experts saying that this year’s fire season could be…
With the summer driving season starting this weekend, there are signs that the Bush Administration is giving belated attention to some of the ideas that Sen. Bingaman suggested, beginning over…
This weekend, Energy Secretary Abraham will attend the International Energy Forum in Amsterdam, a high-level, informal ministerial that brings together both energy producing and energy consuming countries to discuss the…
Monday marks the third anniversary of the release of President George W. Bush’s National Energy Policy Plan, more commonly known as the Cheney Energy Task Force report. Such an occasion…
Sen. Bingaman this afternoon offered a defense of the energy tax package that is a part of the corporate tax bill being debated in the Senate. He opposes efforts to…
With gasoline prices hitting new highs near daily and with the summer driving season approaching, the Bush Administration appears to be giving delayed attention to some of the ideas suggested…
Sen. Jeff Bingaman today shared his perspective on renewable energy at a high-level seminar for financial professionals. Bingaman’s views were broadcast live by Bloomberg Television, a global business and financial…
Fifty-five senators today urged Senate appropriators to increase the Department of Energy’s Office of Science FY05 budget by 10 percent over the request level. Nearly a dozen additional senators have…