Category: ‘ Legislation ’

 

The Same Story with Transportation Infrastructure?

[caption id="attachment_3043" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Source: Jeancaffou"][/caption] Last week, President Obama warned Congress that a delay in passing a federal highway extension would put as many as 1 million ...

Political Roundup: Energy Issues and the Supercommittee

This week  Congressional leaders formed a “Supercommittee,” a12 member panel with the closely-watched task of crafting a 1.5 trillion dollar debt reduction plan by Thanksgiving. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has...

What happens when the system is broken

Today's topic is the impact that the break-down in regular congressional order has on our energy security.  Leslie Kaufman has an interesting piece in this morning's NYT, describing efforts by House Republicans to exert their wil...

The Deficit – the Role of Imported Oil

The impasse on the debt ceiling and federal deficit has once again put all other legislation – including energy security – at a standstill.  But just like Social Security and Medicare reform, petroleum dependence is an issue ...

DOE Loan Guarantee Program – shooting ourselves in the foot

Back in the day when there was bipartisanship, an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the Congress enacted, and President George W. Bush signed into law, the Energy Policy Act of 2005.  Before "all of the above" became a mantra, ...

The road paved with good intentions

A well meaning concept is being applied in the Senate Energy Committee in a way that will unreasonably block robust bipartisan energy security measures.  The idea is facially attractive:  any new program moving through the commi...

Political Roundup

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have continued to charge ahead on energy issues this week, with the passage of two more domestic production bills in the House and the introduction of electric vehicle legislation in the Senate. As par...

Political Roundup

After a two-week congressional recess—plenty of time to hear from constituents about high gas prices and pain at the pump—Members of Congress have hit the road running on energy issues this week. Yesterday the House passed ...

The most efficient form of government technology support is . . .

DOE's innovative energy technology loan guarantee program represents, in the mind of many, the most cost-effective form of taxpayer support for technology deployment.  Championed by the bipartisan duo of New Mexican Senators -- P...

Political Roundup

This week on Capitol Hill, lawmakers finally wrapped up the long debate over the budget for the rest of FY2011.  But with gasoline prices likely to remain near $4 a gallon through 2011 and the summer driving season approaching, i...
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