News Articles for H.R.6899
H.R.6899: To advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes.
September 27, 2008 La merecida impopularidad⦠â¦del congreso la frase
Utilizando un truco de procedimiento, Pelosi exigió que el proyecto clasificado como HR 6899, fuera votado por el pleno en menos de 24 horas. ...
September 26, 2008 League of Women Voters Hosts District 8 Debate
Moran, however, voted yes on HR 6899, which would permit drilling (with affected statesâ consent) as close as 50 miles to shore if passed by the Senate. ...
September 26, 2008 The Truth Test: Arcuri on energy issues
... they all essentially revolve around one thing â and thatâsa piece of legislation known as HR 6899, otherwise known as the Comprehensive American Energy ...
September 25, 2008 Letter: No solution at all
HR 6899 is called the "Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act." How could a "comprehensive" energy bill be introduced one day ...
September 25, 2008 Congress hits geyser of cynicism again
Thankfully, HR 6899 has little chance of becoming law, any more than the decision to let the congressional moratorium lapse will actually encourage offshore ...
September 23, 2008 Federal Solar Investment Tax Credits to Benefit Cyclone's ...
The US House of Representatives passed a bi-partisan bill (HR 6899) last week to extend through 2016 the 30% tax credit for investments in solar power ...
September 22, 2008 Stopgapâs Coattails Could Be Long
... the draft proposal would incorporate language from House legislation ( HR 6899 ) that would do away with the ban but substitute other restrictions. ...
September 22, 2008 Breaking News: Pelosi 'No Energy' Bill Part of House Draft CR
The Pelosi bill, HR 6899, fails to open more than a miniscule part of the available offshore drilling areas and -- even worse -- it establishes permanent ...
September 22, 2008 Congress considers economic stimulus, energy-saving legislation ...
The House recently passed The Comprehensive American Security and Consumer Protection Act (HR 6899), which contains the Saving Energy through Public ...
September 22, 2008 US House passes energy bill
16, the US House of Representatives passed a new energy bill, HR 6899, by a vote of 236 to 189. Although attention has been focused on the offshore drilling ...
September 21, 2008 How Texans voted in Congress
Offshore Drilling, Renewable Energy: Passed, 236-189, a bill (HR 6899) that would open additional areas of the Outer Continental Shelf to oil and gas ...
September 21, 2008 ALEX MILLS: Energy bill won't help supply
The legislation, the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act, HR 6899, passed 236 to 189. The Texas Congressional delegation ...
September 20, 2008 Legislation Mixes Drilling and Plug-In Hybrids
Though it is often referred to as "the offshore drilling bill," HR 6899 is a complex piece of legislation thatâdepending on who you askâwas either ...
September 20, 2008 Recent votes in US Congress
A yes vote was to pass a bill (HR 6899) to permit drilling beyond 50 or 100 miles off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. A yes vote was to pass the bill. ...
September 19, 2008 Kanjo changes support of oil drilling bills
Minutes later, he voted for HR 6899, which passed. That bill bans offshore drilling within 50 miles of shore. In a prepared release Friday, ...
September 19, 2008 Lower Home Heating Bills by Increasing Domestic Energy Supplies
The supposedly pro-drilling measures like those in HR 6899 (the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act), which recently passed ...
September 19, 2008 Price gouging further examined
On Tuesday night, Hayes voted for HR 6899, which would remove the total ban on offshore drilling in states such as North Carolina, allowing for exploration ...
September 19, 2008 House passes offshore drilling bill
In a 236-189 vote HR 6899 would allow new drilling between 50 and 100 miles offshore by states opting to do so. The vote consisted of 221 Democrats and 15 ...
September 18, 2008 Comprehensive Energy Bill Protects Military Training Area In Gulf
The Comprehensive Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act (HR 6899) also protects the critical military training and testing area in the Gulf of Mexico ...
September 18, 2008 Congress Will Help You Buy a Chevy Volt
Kicking Tires reports, "Buried in the bill that's popularly dubbed the Off-Shore Drilling Bill, or HR 6899, is a section that details a tax credit for 'New ...
September 18, 2008 10:50 am - Ross Works to Pass Comprehensive Energy Bill
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved HR 6899, the Comprehensive American Energy Security & Consumer Protection Act, representing the ...
September 18, 2008 House energy package bad for manufacturers and consumers
HR 6899 contains a flawed renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) that will distort energy markets, increase energy prices, and ignores the contributions ...
September 18, 2008 Senate candidate admits error in blasting congressman's vote
... Mark Udall of Eldorado Springs, saying Udall had voted for a âsham energy billâ in the form of HR 6899, the Comprehensive American Energy Security and ...
September 18, 2008 McIntyre votes for drilling bill
Washington, DC â US Congressman Mike McIntyre voted in support of a comprehensive energy package, HR 6899, that brings the US a step closer to energy ...
September 18, 2008 Congressman Jim Moran's News Commentary
In the House this week, the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act (HR 6899) was brought to the floor. ...
September 18, 2008 MMS Ethics Violations: Gifts, Drugs & No Cooperation from Oil ...
The House passed a bill (HR 6899) earlier this week that would allow more limited offshore drilling, some of it at statesâ discretion. ...
September 17, 2008 House Passes Renewable Tax Credit Bill, Senate Version Could ...
Late last night, the US House of Representatives passed HR 6899, a bill that contains extensions for the Production and Investment Tax Credits (PTC and ITC) ...
September 17, 2008 Higgins Hails Energy Legislation
HR 6899 is the 110th's Congress latest reform designed to make the United States more energy independent. In 2007, Congress passed and President Bush signed ...
September 17, 2008 US House approves Democratic leadership's energy bill
HR 6899 came to a vote about 24 hours after it was introduced following some three hours of debate around 9:30 pm EDT. Republicans charged that it was ...
September 17, 2008 House Passes Energy Legislation: White House Threatens Veto!
After months of political wrangling, the House passed legislation (HR 6899) last night, Tuesday, September 16 that could open up large areas off US ...
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