Congress Turns to Energy, and Lobbyists Arrive
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The Senate has begun debating a sprawling energy bill that has already kicked off an epic lobbying war.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Wednesday, aiming to put an end to the debate over whether  global warming is actually occurring, passed legislation  recognizing the &quot;reality&quot; of climate change and providing money  to work on the problem.
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Congress is on the verge of telling American business to create a huge new industry capable of converting agricultural wastes and other plant material into automotive fuel.
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WASHINGTON - As if $2 a gallon gasoline hasn't been bad enough, people now should be bracing for sharply higher heating bills this winter whether they use oil or natural gas to warm their homes.    A looming winter energy crisis, while unlikely to grab hold before the Nov...
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Congress says it is going to join the war against global warming by cleaning up its own backyard, now cluttered with a coal-burning power plant, a fleet of fuel-inefficient vehicles and old-fashioned lights.
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Will a new law send a surge through energy-related companies?
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There's money on the table if you take some energy-saving steps.
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Democratic leaders anticipated a close vote as the Senate prepared to consider an energy bill that supporters say will mark a new direction and move the country away from gas-guzzling cars and toward greater reliance on nonfossil fuels.
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With the price of oil and natural gas at nosebleed levels, you might imagine that energy policy would be a high priority in the current presidential campaign.
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WASHINGTON - After taking a rest in June, the nation's consumers were full of energy last month, boosting their spending by a strong 0.8 percent, a hopeful sign the economy may be emerging from a summer funk.    The over-the-month increase in consumer spending, reported by the Commerce Department on Monday, marked a turnaround from the 0.2 percent decline registered in June, when high energy prices and a sluggish job market made for more cautious buyers...
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While members of Congress fretted Wednesday about how to allocate federal aid to best counter the risk of a terrorist attack, one lawmaker chose to focus on cigarette lighters.
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An influential bipartisan group of members of Congress, backed up by leaders of the Sept. 11 commission, announced yesterday that they were offering a bill in the House and Senate
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In February, only a month after becoming speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi settled weeks of threats from Rep. John D. Dingell, her blustery Energy and Commerce Committee chairman, by putting in writing her assent to one of his big demands -- Pelosi's new Select Committee on Energy Independence a...
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In four separate pieces of legislation -- two energy bills, the farm bill and a bill that would fund rural schools and libraries -- lawmakers in the House of Representatives make use of $6 billion in payments from oil companies.
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From an Alaska land swap to tours of a Georgia barrier island, business interests bested environmentalists in battles that shaped Congress' &#36;388 billion spending bill.
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The U.S. Senate late on Thursday approved a broad energy bill to increase the fuel efficiency of U.S. cars and trucks by Congress for the first time since 1975 and significantly boost production of renewable motor fuels like ethanol.
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F you&#39;re worried about the nation&#39;s energy future, you can take heart in the positions of both major parties&#39; presidential candidates.