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June 22, 2007 Reid: Democrats' Passage Of Energy Bill A Victory For The American People Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following remarks today on the floor of the U.S. Senate: “Last night the Senate took a giant leap forward. With strong bipartisan support, we passed an energy bill that will grow our economy, strengthen our national security and protect our environment. If passed into law, this bill will put us on a path toward reducing our reliance on oil by increasing supply of renewable fuels produced right here at home – and decreasing the amount of energy...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate approved a proposal on Thursday that would for the first time in 30 years force sharp increases in auto fuel standards and impose other measures to make vehicles more efficient and cut dependence on imported oil. In a surprise voice vote, senators approved a compromise amendment that would require an improvement in the average efficiency of the new U.S. vehicle fleet from 25 miles per gallon now to 35 mpg by 2020, about a 4 percent annual increase. "If we're really smart, we'll find a way to make this new approach to fuel efficiency work...

WASHINGTON - The Senate passed an energy bill late Thursday that includes an increase in automobile fuel economy, new laws against energy price-gouging and a requirement for huge increases in the production of ethanol. ... The White House said the president would be urged to veto an energy bill that includes the price-gouging measure, arguing it amounts of price controls. The president also repeatedly has said he opposes Congress mandating a specific mileage number for auto fuel economy. Bush believes the Transportation Department should be given increased flexibility to set a standard. ... Republicans blocked a $32 billion tax package...

Like the idea of paying more for less? If a certain piece of legislation now before Congress becomes law, we might have no choice. Despite having the words "consumer protection" in its title, the latest Senate energy bill would actually boost the cost of gasoline, electricity, food, cars and home appliances. In fact, virtually everything touched by the Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 will go up in price and down in quality. Notwithstanding public outcries over $3-per-gallon gas, the bill's main provision on gasoline is to increase the amount of costly ethanol and other renewable...

I promised on The Corner to supply more details about the re-hashed command-and-control socialism and populist demagoguing masquerading as an Energy Bill in the Senate. Here is CEI's analysis of the Bill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to bring an omnibus energy bill to the Senate floor after the Senate finishes debate on the immigration bill. This is likely to happen by the middle or end of next week. S. 1419 was put together by Reid from other bills that have been marked up in committee or introduced. The result should be titled the Making Energy Less Affordable Act,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate's top Democrat on Thursday said he will seek a vote in coming weeks on an energy bill that could mandate more use of renewable fuels like ethanol, make federally owned buildings more efficient and require utilities to sell green power. Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) of Nevada, the Senate's Majority Leader, said he wants the chamber to vote on a bill before it leaves for its Memorial Day recess at the end of May. "I want to do something this work period on energy," he told reporters in his office. "We are going...

WASHINGTON -- A new Rand Corp. study showing the falling costs of ethanol, wind power and other forms of renewable energy predicts such sources could furnish as much as 25% of the U.S.'s conventional energy by 2025 at little or no additional expense. A second renewable-energy report soon to be released by the National Academy of Sciences suggests wood chips may become a plentiful source of ethanol and electricity for industrial nations because their forested areas are expanding, led by the U.S. and China. Because use of renewable fuels to replace oil and cut emissions of carbon dioxide is an...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 07, 2006 CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider 202-226-7616 Pelosi: On First Anniversary of Failed Republican Energy Bill, Americans Struggle With Skyrocketing Gas Prices Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on skyrocketing gas prices on the eve of the first anniversary of President Bush’s signing of the failed Republican energy bill on August 8, 2005: "One year ago, the top Republican charged with drafting the energy bill, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton, said the Republican energy bill ‘will lower energy prices for consumers, spur our economy, [and] create hundreds of...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- City leaders today vowed to press on in their fight against H.R. 3893, the Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005, as it moves to the Senate following today's close vote in the House. Officials from the National League of Cities (NLC) see the bill as a serious preemption of the historic rights of cities and towns to determine where facilities such as refineries can be located. "There is no evidence that the location of new refineries has been held up by any actions of local government," said Donald J. Borut, NLC executive director....

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this question. There is a lot of commentary now about refinery capacity, or more accurately, the lack thereof. Does anyone know if additional refineries were part of the President's energy policy bill that was shelved by the Democrats?

Nuclear power was one of the big winners in new omnibus energy legislation signed on 8 August by US president George W Bush at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The signing of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 was hosted by New Mexico’s two senators, energy and natural resources committee chairman Pete Domenici (R) and the committee’s ranking democratic member Senator Jeff Bingaman, who were key players in moving the 1724-page bill through the congressional approval process. The act, which government and outside analysts estimate will carry a price tag of about $14.5 billion, includes a sizeable package...

Boosted by a single paragraph tucked into the mammoth federal transportation bill that Congress hurriedly passed last month, Fall River plans to ask a federal energy panel as soon as this week to reconsider the approval it recently gave for construction of a liquefied natural gas facility.

..The law also promises to resurrect the stagnant nuclear power industry, which has not commissioned a new plant in more than 30 years. With newly extended limits on liability in accidents, the industry is free to develop plans for new plants, said Steve Kerekes, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute. The president said yesterday that the law will lead to the construction of nuclear plants before the end of the decade, giving a big boost to an industry that has run aground because of local opposition to reactors, lingering doubts after the Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident in...

President George W Bush today spoke about the Energy Policy Act of 2005 he signed into law today at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. Before he departed for New Mexico he spoke to reporters at WACO expressing condolences regarding the death from lung cancer of ABC broadcaster Peter Jennings QUOTE THE PRESIDENT: “Laura and I were saddened to learn about the death of Peter Jennings. Peter Jennings had a long and distinguished career as a news journalist. He covered many important events, events that helped define the world as we know it today. A lot of Americans relied upon...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - President Bush on Monday signed sweeping legislation that provides billions of dollars in tax subsidies to energy companies, yet does little quickly to ease gas prices or lower America's reliance on foreign oil. ADVERTISEMENT "This bill is not going to solve our energy challenges overnight," Bush said just before signing the bill into law. "It's going to take years of focused efforts to alleviate those problems." Bush traveled here from his ranch in Crawford, Texas, to sign the 1,724-page bill, which was passed, with bipartisan support, to end a yearlong standoff in Congress over national energy policy....

President Bush is doing something he has wanted to do for four years: sign legislation that marks a major overhaul of the nation's energy policies. Bush is to sign the 1,724-page bill Monday in New Mexico, home of Republican Sen. Pete Domenici, a driving force in getting the measure passed with bipartisan support last month. The measure ended a yearlong congressional standoff over energy policy. The ceremony at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque begins a week of events meant to highlight the president's legislative successes and underscore economic and national security issues. In coming days, Bush meets at his Texas...

Pardon us for not cheering the energy bill now on a fast track to President Bush's desk. The $14.5 billion in pork-barrel tax breaks far outweighs the few good things in it. An estimated 58 percent of the tax breaks go to coal, oil, gas, electric utilities and nuclear power - needed or not. Another 36 percent is aimed at energy efficiency, renewable sources and cleaner cars like the new gasoline-electric hybrids - whether needed or not. Some provisions are perverse. Why give tax credits for cars with waiting lists of customers eager to purchase them - such as the...

GOP SUCCESSFUL IN MOVING FORWARD AMERICA'S AGENDAEnergy, Transportation, Trade Bills Pass Congress, President Signs Historic Legislation, In First Seven Months Of 109th Congress______________________________________________________________________   Congress Passed Energy Bill:   The House And Senate Passed H.R. 6, Comprehensive Energy Legislation Before Adjourning For The August Recess. (H.R. 6, CQ Vote #445: Adopted 275-156: R 200-31; D 75-124; I 0-1, 7/28/05; H.R. 6, CQ Vote #213: Adopted 74-26: R 49-6; D 25-19; I 0-1, 7/29/05)   Congress Passed Transportation Reauthorization:   The House And Senate Passed H.R. 3, The $286.4 Billion Transportation Reauthorization Act Before Adjourning For The August Recess. (H.R. 3,...

On Capitol Hill, A Flurry of GOP Victories Key Measures Advance After Long Delays By Charles Babington and Justin Blum Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, July 30, 2005; A01 After years of partisan impasses and legislative failures, Congress in a matter of hours yesterday passed or advanced three far-reaching bills that will allocate billions of dollars and set new policies for guns, roads and energy. The measures sent to President Bush for his signature will grant $14.5 billion in tax breaks for energy-related matters and devote $286 billion to transportation programs, including 6,000 local projects, often called "pork barrel" spending....

The U.S. Senate passed a massive energy bill Tuesday that encourages domestic petroleum production, provides tax breaks for renewable energy and says nothing about opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Congress could still pass ANWR drilling legislation this fall as part of the budget process.