S.2991 - Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008

A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. view all titles (6)

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  • Official: A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Popular: Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: NOPEC as introduced.
  • Short: Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act as introduced.

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02/02/10
S.2991: Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2010 ...

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11772; S. 2991, Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2010. Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 28, ... Source: Positive

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12/12/08
In The Trenches: Can You Say “Stick It To The Common Man”?

Consider Senate bill S.2991; currently it is on the list of things the Senate wants to discuss. From the standpoint of being able to afford food, going to the doctor, and getting to work this a a bad bill. While it is upfront in what it ...

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08/03/08
Irregular Times: News » Neither McCain Nor Obama Support ...

One strong alternative piece of legislation that does not legalize the expansion of offshore drilling is the Consumers First Energy Act. It’s listed by the Library of Congress as both S. 2991 and S. 3044. These two versions of the bill ...

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08/02/08
Big Oil

S. 2991. To provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. May 7, 2008 ...

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08/02/08
Big Oil

S. 2991: Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008. May 8, 2008: This bill was considered in committee which has recommended it be considered by the Senate as a whole. Although it has been placed on a calendar of business, the order in which ...

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07/03/08
Ethics and Government Update June 2008

The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 (S. 2991) would roll back $17 billion in tax breaks fro oil and gas companies and create a 25% windfall profits tax on companies that fail to invest in increased capacity and renewable energy ...

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06/17/08
Ethics and Government Update June 2008

The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 (S. 2991) would roll back $17 billion in tax breaks fro oil and gas companies and create a 25% windfall profits tax on companies that fail to invest in increased capacity and renewable energy ...

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06/15/08
TRACKING AREA GAS PRICES: JUNE, 2008

Perhaps it will help if people read about S.2991 bill and write our senators and congressman encouraging them to help get it passed. It certainly doesn’t do any good for angry senators to “bawl out” the big oil companies, ...

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06/10/08
En pie de guerra

En este contexto las compañías tendrán que enfrentar adicionalmente y en lo inmediato diversas iniciativas de ley que se relacionan con el aumento de impuestos a la producción doméstica de petróleo crudo (iniciativa S.2991) y sobre el ...

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06/09/08
Letter from Barbra Boxer ON OIL

In addition, I am proud to be a co-sponsor of S.2991, the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008. This important bill would impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies to discourage price gouging and to help consumers offset the high ...

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05/27/08
Consumers Energy

Consumers Energy Mi On the other hand, the upcoming Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 (S. 2991), sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV), repeats the mistakes of the past by adding constraints that will discourage domestic ...

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05/23/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - S.3044 Consumer-First Energy Act of ...

Related Bills:. S.2991 · H.R.6022 · H.R.6653. Related Issue Areas:. Trade · Telephone · Telecommunication · Taxation of foreign income · 56 more · Tax deductions · Tax credits · Strategic mater

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05/23/08
UPDATE FROM U.S. SENATOR CARL LEVIN of MICHIGAN

May 13, 2008  Letter from Senator Carl Levin regarding                       SOARING GAS PRICES: ... .  These policies are contained in the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 (S.2991), which

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05/22/08
NEON: NEFI Energy Online News

Senate Democratic leaders have revealed a package (S.2991) that they hope to bring to a vote on the Senate floor, designed to address rising fuel prices. The plan would temporarily suspend shipments to the SPR, increase margin ...

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05/19/08
Clinton wins Kentucky; Oregon win puts Obama closer to nomination ...

On May 7, 2008, Senator Reid introduced S. 2991, the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008, which would create a tax on "windfall profits"of the major oil companies at a special supplemental rate of 25 percent; repeal the Section 199 ...

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05/19/08
The Good and Bad Approaches to Affordable Energy Policy

On the other hand, the upcoming Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 (S. 2991), sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV), repeats the mistakes of the past by adding constraints that will discourage domestic energy supplies, ...

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05/15/08
Gas Prices, DEA and Telephone Trends | CEI

“The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 (S.2991), intended to address the energy crisis, fails to achieve its stated purpose. While it contains a few good ideas, it fails to implement those properly, and contains some very bad ideas that ...

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05/14/08
Polar Bears, Subsidies for Millionaires and Credit Card Fees | CEI

“The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 (S.2991), intended to address the energy crisis, fails to achieve its stated purpose. While it contains a few good ideas, it fails to implement those properly, and contains some very bad ideas that ...

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05/14/08
Increasing Supply Of Oil Rejected

SEARCH BLOG: OIL and POLITICS The following email and news article may give you an idea of what we are facing when politicians decide that the ... . These policies are contained in the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 (S.2991

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05/13/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - H.R.6022 Strategic Petroleum ...

Related Bills:. S.2598 · H.R.5473 · S.2991 · S.3044. Related Issue Areas:. Strategic materials · Public contracts · Petroleum reserves · Petroleum · 9 more · Oil and gas royalties · Government

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05/12/08
The Consumer-Last Energy Bill | CEI

The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 (S.2991), intended to address the energy crisis, fails to achieve its stated purpose. While it contains a few good ideas, it fails to implement those properly, and contains some very bad ideas that ...

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05/12/08
The Consumer Last Energy Act

The Senate is about to vote on S.2991, the Consumer First Energy Act. It's a terrible piece of legislation, so my colleague Eli and I have rushed out a quick analysis here. This is not what the American consumer needs right now.

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05/09/08
S. 2991: A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil ...

There are five titles in the bill, the fifth is the one that affects oil traders. Scroll down to section 502 for margin requirements. I don't think the bill has a chance of passing but the senators obviously had advice from someone who ...

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05/07/08
Loren Steffy: BizLinks and Open Comments | 5.8.08

scheduled on Monday, May 12, I urge you to OPPOSE S. 2991, "The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008." The bill does NOTHING to increase energy supplies. Contrary to its title, this legislation would prove ...

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05/07/08
Marginal Revolution: Bryan Caplan on the McCain/Clinton gas tax ...

scheduled on Monday, May 12, I urge you to OPPOSE S. 2991, "The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008." The bill does NOTHING to increase energy supplies. Contrary to its title, this legislation would prove ...

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05/07/08
Democrats introduce Consumer - First Energy Act of 2008.

On May 7, 2008, Senator Reid introduced S. 2991, the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008, which would create a tax on “windfall profits” of the major oil companies at a special supplemental rate of 25 percent; repeal the Section 199 ...

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05/07/08
Democrats introduce Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008

On May 7, 2008, Senator Reid introduced S. 2991, the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008, which would create a tax on “windfall profits” of the major oil companies at a special supplemental rate of 25 percent; repeal the Section 199 ...

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05/05/08
S.2991: Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - U.S. Congress ...

Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for S.2991 Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008.

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05/05/08
S. 2991, A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil ...

S. 2991 would provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.

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05/05/08
Bill Action: Introduced: S. 2991: A bill to provide energy price ...

Harry Reid [D-NV] introduced S. 2991: A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. ...

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