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Senate Energy’s hearing schedule continues to fill: A confirmation hearing for Joseph T. Kelliher to fill one of the two vacancies on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been…
Senate Energy Committee is looking forward to a brisk two months. So far, Chairman Domenici has noticed nearly a dozen full committee hearings through February and early March. Longtime readers…
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee organized for the 108th Congress today, taking three actions that will be reported to the Rules Committee: 1. Approved the Committee’s budget for a…
“I have long recognized the potential of hydrogen fuel cell technologies in a variety of applications, so I’m pleased that President Bush plans to boost funding for fuel cell research….
The Senate late Thursday (1/23/03) wrapped up work on the FY03 omnibus approps bill, which now heads into a conference with the House. For those of you keeping score, we…
“It’s clear that we urgently need to address the state of our national forests. Last year’s fire season in the West was the most devastating in recent memory and we…
Senate Energy Chairman Jeff Bingaman and other Democratic leaders today chastised the U.S. Forest Service for seeking to undo many of the environmental safeguards which protect our national forests. “This…
The following Public Land bills were passed by the Senate on November 19, 2002. * indicates that the Senate cleared the measure for the President H.R. 695– Oil Region National…
Senate Democratic and Republican conferees, after a joint meeting today, declared that efforts to pass an energy bill this year are ended. With the House expected to adjourn tomorrow, the…
With Congress in its pre-election lull, both the House and the Senate will meet in abbreviated, non-legislative “pro forma” sessions only. On Tuesday, Nov. 12, both bodies will resume legislative…
We’ve seen from news reports that both the House and the Senate have passed Continuing Resolutions to carry us through Nov. 22. Many House Members have already transited area airports,…
In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity. We’ll see if that’s true with energy bills. There were a couple staff-level meetings over the long holiday weekend, but progress was minimal….
What we know: The 107th Congress has started it’s wind-up. Not much time is left to finish the conference report and vote out a bill. Members (mainly Tauzin & Bingaman)…
Today, there were scattered meetings throughout the Capitol as Members and staff made a good-faith effort to see what is possible to resolve on the issues that still divide the…
Clearly, we are heading into the final stretches of the energy conference. Whether or not we reach the finish line depends largely on how some major issues shake out and…
Next energy conference meeting is at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, 2123 Rayburn. It will be webcast, etc. The agenda is still being worked on. Everything that’s left is in play, it’s…
Today’s Senate/House conference scheduled for 4:00 p.m. in Russell 325 has been postponed until tomorrow at 10:00 in 2123 Rayburn. At this stage of conference, staff is charting its way…
Sorry for today’s false start. Simply, House and Senate negotiators just weren’t ready with enough agreements to make it worthwhile for the Members to meet. So we’ll give it another…
Tuesday’s energy conference will be on the Senate side, in 325 Russell Building, beginning at 4:00 p.m. (not at 3:00 p.m., as initially noticed). On the Senate side, proceedings can…
The House-Senate conference on the energy bill will cross the mall to the Senate side for its next meeting. That is Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 4:00 p.m. (note new time)….
WEDNESDAY: In conference today, with a compressed schedule due to an early-afternoon meeting of the principals with President Bush, we saw action on two fronts: 1) Sen. Bingaman, on a…
Today’s Energy Conference meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn. It will be broadcast on Ch. 20 (Senate) and Ch. 6 (House). It also will be webcast, linked from…
I appreciate the opportunity to be with you today to provide my perspective on the ongoing conference on the energy bill. The conference has been officially underway since June 27,…
I appreciate the opportunity to be with you today to provide my perspective on the ongoing conference on the energy bill. The conference has been officially underway since June 27,…
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), joined by Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), today unveiled a proposal to help prevent wildfires in national forests and on public lands. The Senate Energy & Natural…