Topic: U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats defeated a bill on Thursday that would have blocked federal environmental regulators from slashing power plant air pollution that blows downwind to other states and causes lung and heart problems.The bill, sponsored by Rand Paul, a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is moving toward a showdown vote on Wednesday over legislation that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, a key energy initiative of the Obama administration.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he ...
This is a column that I hope I can look back on in a few months and say, I was wrong. As most people in clean tech know by now, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, two days before the April rollout ...
Last year, the summit began one day after Barack Obama's historic inauguration. Much as Obama has failed to overcome Republican intransigence and create a 'post-partisan' atmosphere, so too have clean-tech advocates (including myself) failed to transform the political debate about clean energy. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate on Thursday agreed to block legislation that would have stopped some possible Environmental Protection Agency rules to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.Under the agreement, the Senate will not vote on whether to ...
Shifting a fourth of U.S. freight from trucks to railroads by 2026 would spare each American an average of 41 hours of travel time, 79 gallons of fuel, and $985 in gas expenses each year, according to the seventh annual Congestion Relief ...
Shifting a fourth of U.S. freight from trucks to railroads by 2026 would spare each American an average of 41 hours of travel time, 79 gallons of fuel, and $985 in gas expenses each year, according to the seventh annual Congestion Relief ...
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Alaska Senate
In this Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 picture, Alaska Republican U.S. Senate ...AP News - -
Tax Cuts
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., speaks and Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, and ...AP News - -
ADDITION Tax Cuts
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks back to his office ...AP News -
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US Senate kills Repulican debt plan
The Democratic controlled Senate killed the Republican bill which was ...2011-07-30 -
Treason in the US Senate
RTR.org | Danny Panzella sits in for Gary Franchi and ...2011-12-04 -
START Finish Line: US Senate OKs ...
The US Senate has finally approved the new strategic arms ...2010-12-23
