House Democrats aim at oil industry subsidies
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Democrats in the U.S. House of  Representatives on Friday introduced a bill that would rescind  billions of dollars worth of tax incentives extended to U.S.  energy companies and put the money into a fund earmarked for  renewable energy.
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Democratic leaders implored their colleagues to fulfill a campaign pledge to bring about cleaner government, as the House opened debate Thursday on two bills to require greater disclosure of lobbying practices.
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Senate Democrats are calling the White House's bluff on a threatened veto of an energy bill by refusing to take out language that would remove tax breaks for big oil and gas companies.
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Top Democrats on the Senate Energy Committee ordered a new inquiry on Thursday into the Interior Departmentâs program to collect billions of dollars worth of oil and gas from companies that drill on public territory.
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House Democrats, desperate to leave for the Memorial Day recess with a policy victory, are banking on a scaled-back lobbying bill to give them something to tout when they go home.
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WASHINGTON -- Democrats looking for money to pay for health care priorities renewed their focus on insurers Thursday.
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House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq while requiring President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military
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House Democrats on Wednesday continued to work on a compromise plan for the Iraq war that would try to bridge differences within the party after backing away from legislation that would set conditions on war funding.
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Some House Democrats are coming to the defense of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan after several Republican lawmakers called for his resignation because of allegations of corruption in the organization's oil-for-food program.
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The senior Democrat on the House International Relations Committee said Thursday he would condition U.S. aid to the Palestinians on oil-rich Arab "deadbeats" making good on their own promised contributions.
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Democrats celebrated a step toward reducing U.S. dependence on oil as the Senate approved a bill calling for more ethanol and the first boost in gas mileage in decades.
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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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Democrats planning a hefty increase in fuel-economy requirements for cars face opposition from one of their own, John D. Dingell.
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A House committee chairman is trying to show his Democratic colleagues that people in the U.S. are not ready to pay the full costs of fixing global warming.
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With U.S. gasoline prices near record levels, the Senate is to take up an energy bill today that Democratic leaders hope will be a rallying point for voters concerned about national security and climate change as well as pump prices.
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Senate Democrats are seeking a major reversal of energy tax policies that would reverse incentives and benefits to the oil industry and instead underwrite renewable fuels.
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Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed the bill it's in with billions of dollars for farms, flu preparedness, New Orleans levees, home heating and other causes.