Senate Close on Energy Bill
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The Senate was on the verge Thursday of approving and sending back to the House the first increase in automobile fuel economy in three decades
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By DIRK LAMMERS  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would entice farmers located near ethanol biorefineries to grow dedicated energy crops.  Sen.
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Lawmakers Thursday neared completion of work on legislation allowing U.S. shipments of civilian nuclear fuel to India, congressional aides said, a measure that would overturn three decades of American anti-proliferation policy.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate late Sunday resolved a dispute delaying passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and two spending bills for disaster relief and homeland security, clearing the way for senators to adjourn Monday to hit the campaign trail.    The agreement removed parliamentary roadblocks thrown up by Sen...
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Federal lawmakers aim to close a legal loophole that has left the electronic energy markets to pretty much regulate themselves.
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Democrats running Congress will likely not be able to pass climate legislation with mandatory limits on "greenhouse" gases without help from President Bush, the chairman of the Senate's energy panel said Monday.
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By Steve Tetreault  By STEVE TETREAULT  STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU  WASHINGTON - Congress passed a handful of Nevada bills in a late- night flurry before lawmakers adjourned early Saturday.
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The Senate appeared set to approve a trimmed-back energy bill that will bring higher-gas mileage cars and SUVs into showrooms in the coming decade and fill their tanks with ethanol.
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The Senate voted Thursday to require average fuel economy of 35 miles per gallon for new cars, pickup trucks and SUVs by 2020, raising efficiency standards that have not changed significantly for nearly two decades.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 6--The state Senate conservation committee yesterday endorsed a bill, favored by industry, that would strip powers from two state pollution-fighting boards.   The bill goes before the full Senate today.
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The Senate passed a trimmed-back energy bill Thursday that would bring higher-gas mileage cars and SUVs into showrooms in the coming decade and fill their tanks with ethanol.
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They weren't dreaming of a white Christmas last week in the Senate. No, as the legislative session came to a close, Senate leaders were dreaming of a green Christmas.
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The US Congress passes a "historic" energy bill to improve fuel economy and reduce demand for oil.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid  said on Thursday he would scale back the controversial taxes in  a broad energy bill aimed at boosting U.S. vehicle fuel  efficiency to avoid a White House veto and appease Republicans  who were ready to filibuster the measure.
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A group of Senate Democrats from coal-rich states is drafting an amendment to proposed energy legislation that would provide as much as $10 billion in federal loans to pay for capturing and storing greenhouse gases produced by plants that would turn coal into liquid transportation fuels or...
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WASHINGTON - The Senate resolved a dispute delaying passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and two spending bills for disaster relief and homeland security last night, clearing the way for senators to adjourn today to hit the campaign trail.
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General Motors, Ford and Chrysler executives met with Senate lawmakers on Wednesday as Democrats move toward a vote on a sprawling energy bill.