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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for S.3335 Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008</title>
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  <updated>2008-12-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>How serious is either candidate about alternative energy ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-22:/commentary/3827112</id>
    <updated>2008-12-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Earth2Texas </name>
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Therefore, having a bill such as S. 3335 passed at the federal level would have not only helped many Texas residents but it would have offered a huge boost to the many businesses that are trying to get into an emerging green market. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://earth2texas.com/?p=135&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>PointofLaw.com | PointOfLaw Forum: Trial lawyer lobbying: Let the ...</title>
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    <updated>2008-11-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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... also specific interest in the same issue in versions of the bill in which the language of Section 311 was not included (e.g. S. 3335; Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act; and S. Amdt. 5633 and S. Amdt. 5635 to H.R. 6049; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2008/11/trial-lawyer-lo.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>FactCheck.org: Peach State Piffle</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-20:/commentary/3387020</id>
    <updated>2008-11-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>FactCheck.org </name>
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S. 3335. U.S. Senate. Vote # 192, 30 July 2008. S. Amdt. 3039 to S.Con.Res. 83. U.S. Senate. Vote # 42, 14 March 2006. &quot;Fall Agenda: Child Tax Credit Expansion.&quot; CQ Weekly Online (August 30, 2003): 2079-2080. S.Amdt. 578 to S. 1054. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/peach_state_piffle.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Sen. Barack Obama [D-IL]&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Voting Record</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-22:/commentary/3123889</id>
    <updated>2008-10-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Bear Tracks </name>
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Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3335. Cloture Motion Rejected 51-43, 6 not voting (3/5 required). Senate Roll #191. Jul 30, 2008 11:18 AM. No Vote. Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://beartracks.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/sen-barack-obama-d-ils-voting-record/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>In a time of universal deceit&#226;&#8364;&#166;</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-15:/commentary/3035446</id>
    <updated>2008-10-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Cynode :: What&amp;#39;s Going On Here?! </name>
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On July 30, the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill - S. 3335 - that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cynode.com/politics-and-religion/truth-is-beautiful-without-doubt.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>In a time of universal deceit&#226;&#8364;&#166;</title>
    <link href="http://www.cynode.com/politics-and-religion/in-a-time-of-universal-deceit.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-14:/commentary/3077797</id>
    <updated>2008-10-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Cynode :: What&amp;#39;s Going On Here?! </name>
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On July 30, the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill - S. 3335 - that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cynode.com/politics-and-religion/in-a-time-of-universal-deceit.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S Tiles Solar Cells Roofing</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Zoey </name>
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S.3335 - What's the Deal? ... SEIA Statement on Senate&#195;&#162;&#226;&#8218;&#172;&#226;&#8222;&#162;s 8th Failure to Extend Solar Tax Credits ... Lumeta, Inc. - Products Solar S Tile. Lumeta Solar Tiles. Integrated Tile Designs that Replace ... Solar S Tiles are designed to be ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://journals.aol.com/ococunacepux/zoey/entries/2008/10/05/s-tiles-solar-cells-roofing/1051&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 6049, The Renewable Energy and Job ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-04:/commentary/10960004</id>
    <updated>2008-10-04T01:00:00Z</updated>
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See also. http:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Code; http:www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6049/show; http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/bill.pdf :Text. (read more &#8595;) ... The Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S. 3335)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6049.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>McCain hinders solar energy - Family Guide</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-02:/commentary/3772925</id>
    <updated>2008-10-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Thomas Friedman of the New York Times highlighted another instance: &quot;On July 30, the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill - S. 3335 - that would have extended the investment tax ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/2008/10/03/FamilyGuide/Mccain.Hinders.Solar.Energy-3468872.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Barack Obama&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Full Voting Record</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-02:/commentary/3123893</id>
    <updated>2008-10-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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7/30/08, Vote 192: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3335; Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008, Not Voting. 7/30/08, Vote 191: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://butasforme.com/2008/10/03/barack-obamas-full-voting-record/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Tenth Time Lucky?</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Energy Outlook </name>
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... package plus a one-year boost in FDIC deposit insurance to $250000--and the &quot;tax extenders&quot; package from S.3335, the &quot;Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act of 2008&quot; that I examined when the Senate considered it in August. .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://energyoutlook.blogspot.com/2008/10/tenth-time-lucky.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Tax Credit Bonds: A Brief Explanation: Open CRS Network - CRS ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/commentary/3772923</id>
    <updated>2008-09-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Similarly, S. 3335 would extend QZABs one year, authorize $2 billion of new CREBs, and create energy conservation TCBs. This report will be updated as legislative events warrant. Available Versions:. August 20, 2008. Share this report ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://opencrs.com/document/RL34629&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The First Presidential Debate</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/commentary/2899119</id>
    <updated>2008-09-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Friedman of the New York Times writes, &#226;&#8364;&#339;&#226;&#8364;&#166;on July 30 [2008], that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reasonableinsights.com/wordpress/2008/09/27/the-first-presidential-debate/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - H.R.7005 Alternative Minimum Tax ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-23:/commentary/3772930</id>
    <updated>2008-09-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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H.R.6275 Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 200... [1]; S.3335 Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Reli... [1]; H.R.5142 Family Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 [1]; H.R.6049 Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax... [1] ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h7005/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Just Blogging: A Letter to the Editor elicits response from Sen ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-20:/commentary/3772926</id>
    <updated>2008-09-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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What we really need is for the U.S. Senate to pass an expanded child tax credit (S. 3335). Right now hard-working Pennsylvania families with earnings less than $12050 don't qualify for the tax credit. Already this year Sen. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://justharvest.blogspot.com/2008/09/letter-to-editor-elicits-response-from.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>How Oil and Coal Contributions Affect the Way Our Senators Vote on ...</title>
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    <updated>2008-09-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Senate bill S. 3335 would extend the 30% business tax credit for installing solar energy systems through 2017. The bill also raises the homeowner tax credit cap from $2000 to $4000. You&#226;&#8364;&#8482;d really think this would be [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.solarpowerrocks.com/solar-politics/how-oil-and-coal-contributions-impact-the-way-our-senators-vote-on-renewable-energy/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Majority Rules Blog: McCain - Palin Drill Team Marching to Beat of ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-15:/commentary/3772922</id>
    <updated>2008-09-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Majority Rules Blog </name>
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...on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.majorityrules.org/blog/2008/09/mccain-palin-drill-team-marching-to.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Want an energy tax credit? Get a time machine.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-14:/commentary/2836787</id>
    <updated>2008-09-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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S. 3335: Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 - Jul 30, 2008: This bill failed a cloture motion, preventing consideration of the bill, in the Senate by roll call vote. The totals were 51 Ayes, 43 Nays, 6 Present/Not ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clayharrison.net/?p=1301&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Behind the Votes: An Urge to Target Republican Senators who May ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.solarpowerrocks.com/solar-politics/behind-the-votes-an-urge-to-target-republican-senators-who-may-wake-up-do-the-right-thing-for-america-and-cross-party-lines-to-finally-extend-solar-incentives-and-tax-credits/" rel="alternate"/>
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    <updated>2008-09-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Solar Power Rocks! </name>
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Senate bill S. 3335 would extend the 30% business tax credit for installing solar energy systems through 2017. The bill also raises the homeowner tax credit cap from $2000 to $4000. You&#226;&#8364;&#8482;d really think this would [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.solarpowerrocks.com/solar-politics/behind-the-votes-an-urge-to-target-republican-senators-who-may-wake-up-do-the-right-thing-for-america-and-cross-party-lines-to-finally-extend-solar-incentives-and-tax-credits/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Motion to Consider S.3335; Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster ...</title>
    <link href="http://justthevotes.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/motion-to-consider-s3335-jobs-energy-families-and-disaster-relief-act-of-2008/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-13:/commentary/2899118</id>
    <updated>2008-09-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Just The Votes </name>
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July 30, 2008. Joseph Biden - (D - DE) - Yes. John McCain - (R - AZ) - No Vote. Barack Obama - (D - IL) - No Vote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://justthevotes.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/motion-to-consider-s3335-jobs-energy-families-and-disaster-relief-act-of-2008/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Three Friedman columns on the candidates' energy policies</title>
    <link href="http://tilsononobama.blogspot.com/2008/09/three-friedman-columns-on-candidates.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/2831407</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Whitney Tilson&amp;#39;s Blog on Barack Obama&amp;#39;s... </name>
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It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tilsononobama.blogspot.com/2008/09/three-friedman-columns-on-candidates.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Motion to Consider S.3335; Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster ...</title>
    <link href="http://xebb.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/motion-to-consider-s3335-jobs-energy-families-and-disaster-relief-act-of-2008/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/2831075</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Xebb Blog </name>
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07/30/2008. Sen. John McCain (R) - No Vote. Sen. Barack Obama (D) - No Vote. Sen. Joseph Biden, Jr. (D) - Yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://xebb.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/motion-to-consider-s3335-jobs-energy-families-and-disaster-relief-act-of-2008/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Palin's Dan Quayle Moment | Midwest Voices</title>
    <link href="http://voices.kansascity.com/node/2046" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-11:/commentary/3772924</id>
    <updated>2008-09-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://voices.kansascity.com/node/2046&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - S.3478 Energy Independence and ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-11:/commentary/3467606</id>
    <updated>2008-09-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Natural... </name>
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H.R.2776 &#194;&#183; H.R.5351 &#194;&#183; H.R.6049 &#194;&#183; S.3125 &#194;&#183; S.3335 &#194;&#183; S.3478 &#194;&#183; 3 more &#194;&#183; H.Res.1501 &#194;&#183; H.Res.1502 &#194;&#183; H.R.7201. Data from the Congressional Research Service. Users tracking H.R.7060 (4. Was this article useful? Yes or No ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3478/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>In which Team McCain gets in touch with their inner Spinal Tap.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-04:/commentary/2798197</id>
    <updated>2008-09-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Senate Republicans blocked cloture on motions to proceed to both S. 3335 and HR 6049 before the break, but Sen. Reid and Sen. Baucus remain committed to re-extending incentives that will spur investment in the renewable-energy sector, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ontd_political.livejournal.com/678984.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Recent News: Recent News</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-03:/commentary/3772917</id>
    <updated>2008-09-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
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S. 3335 will extend investment tax credits for installing solar energy and building wind turbines and other energy-efficient systems beyond the current deadline of December 31, 2008. Howard County has plans to install solar panels at ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.co.ho.md.us/News/News_20080903.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Equal Pay, Oil Speculation and Alternative Energy on the Senate ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/633-Equal-Pay-Oil-Speculation-and-Alternative-Energy-on-the-Senate-Calendar" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-03:/commentary/3123892</id>
    <updated>2008-09-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Open Congress : Congress Gossip Blog </name>
    </author>
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Senate Republicans blocked cloture on motions to proceed to both S.3335 and HR6049 before the break, but Sen. Reid and Sen. Baucus remain committed to re-extending incentives that will spur investment in the renewable-energy sector, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/633-Equal-Pay-Oil-Speculation-and-Alternative-Energy-on-the-Senate-Calendar&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Palin's RNC speech</title>
    <link href="http://mountainpulse.blogspot.com/2008/09/palins-rnc-speech.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-03:/commentary/2785286</id>
    <updated>2008-09-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>MOUNTAIN PULSE </name>
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Where was McSame when congress was voting in bill S.3335?!?!? 10. &quot;Victory in Iraq is finally in sight ... &quot; ~What.The.Eff.Is.She.Talking.About?!?!?!?!?!?!?! 11. &#226;&#8364;&#339;The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mountainpulse.blogspot.com/2008/09/palins-rnc-speech.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Energy Tax Policy: History and Current Issues</title>
    <link href="http://rfflibrary.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/energy-tax-policy-history-and-current-issues/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-02:/commentary/2779182</id>
    <updated>2008-09-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>RFF Library Blog </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
3125, a Republican bill reintroduced as S. 3335, S. 3089, and the Ensign Amendment. Also Senate Democrats have introduced S. 3044, the Consumer-First Energy Act, which would repeal tax code provisions that are advantageous to the oil ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rfflibrary.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/energy-tax-policy-history-and-current-issues/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The greening of the network</title>
    <link href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/Article-greening-network.aspx" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-31:/commentary/3772918</id>
    <updated>2008-08-31T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Communications Engineering &amp; Design Headline News </name>
    </author>
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The bill in question is the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S.3335), introduced on July 24 of this year. Still, more MSOs and an increasing number of their suppliers want to go green, and are finding ways to go ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cedmagazine.com/Article-greening-network.aspx&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Re: McCain Calls for Congress to Reconvene on Energy . . . but ...</title>
    <link href="http://politicalforum3000.blogspot.com/2008/08/re-mccain-calls-for-congress-to.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-30:/commentary/2807016</id>
    <updated>2008-08-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>POLITICAL FORUM 3000 </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax &gt; &gt; &gt; credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for &gt; &gt; &gt; building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency systems. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://politicalforum3000.blogspot.com/2008/08/re-mccain-calls-for-congress-to.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>S Tiles Solar Cells Roofing</title>
    <link href="http://cid-3e0a9ebfc4b903fe.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!3E0A9EBFC4B903FE!263.entry" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-28:/commentary/2755522</id>
    <updated>2008-08-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>*** </name>
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S. 3335 , contains a one-year PTC extension. at ... Further, &quot;solar cells at the focal point of the mirrors must ... 900 N. Stiles, OKC, OK 73104. SEP 24-25 ... 7.5Ft Pre-Lit Quick Shape Stiles Point Spruce Tree ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cid-3e0a9ebfc4b903fe.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!3E0A9EBFC4B903FE!263.entry&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>S.3335 - What's the Deal?</title>
    <link href="http://workingthoughts.com/2008/08/26/s3335--whats-the-deal.aspx?ref=rss" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-25:/commentary/2803894</id>
    <updated>2008-08-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Working Thoughts </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 or S.3335 is Federal legislation currently getting a lot of press. For example here are three writings I found within a few minutes of looking: ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://workingthoughts.com/2008/08/26/s3335--whats-the-deal.aspx?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>S.3335 - What's the Deal?</title>
    <link href="http://workingthoughts.com/2008/08/26/s3335--whats-the-deal.aspx" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-25:/commentary/2737092</id>
    <updated>2008-08-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Working Thoughts </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 or S.3335 is Federal legislation currently getting a lot of press. For example here are three writings I found within a few minutes of looking: ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://workingthoughts.com/2008/08/26/s3335--whats-the-deal.aspx&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ask Senators Casey and Specter to Improve the Federal Child Tax Credit</title>
    <link href="http://pachurchesadvocacy.org/?p=53" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-24:/commentary/2729067</id>
    <updated>2008-08-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>PAChurchesAdvocacy.org </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Pending tax extenders legislation (HR 6049 and Senator Baucus&#226;&#8364;&#8482; substitute for S. 3335) would reduce the CTC threshold to $8500 for 2008. This provision would extend the benefits of the credit to 91659 children in Pennsylvania who would ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pachurchesadvocacy.org/?p=53&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Pay-Go for Renewable Energy Credits</title>
    <link href="http://energyoutlook.blogspot.com/2008/08/pay-go-for-renewable-energy-credits.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-24:/commentary/2727405</id>
    <updated>2008-08-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Energy Outlook </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
One of the latest such efforts was S.3335, the &quot;Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008&quot;. Voting against something with that title must have felt like voting against motherhood and apple pie, although the bill should ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://energyoutlook.blogspot.com/2008/08/pay-go-for-renewable-energy-credits.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain votes against solar and wind tax credits</title>
    <link href="http://pajamaparty2008.com/2008/08/23/mccain-votes-against-solar-and-wind-tax-credits.aspx" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-22:/commentary/2746070</id>
    <updated>2008-08-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Pajama Party 2008 </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill -- S. 3335 -- that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pajamaparty2008.com/2008/08/23/mccain-votes-against-solar-and-wind-tax-credits.aspx&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ask Your Senator or Representative to Pass the Tax Extenders</title>
    <link href="http://dpbernal.blogspot.com/2008/08/ask-your-senator-or-representative-to.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-20:/commentary/2746071</id>
    <updated>2008-08-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David P. Bernal </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Many Americans were disappointed that Congress did not pass the tax extenders bill in July and are hopeful that it will pass the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S. 3335) in September. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dpbernal.blogspot.com/2008/08/ask-your-senator-or-representative-to.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>NY Times Op Ed: Eight Strikes and You&#226;&#8364;&#8482;re Out</title>
    <link href="http://bethsownblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/ny-times-op-ed-eight-strikes-and-youre.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-20:/commentary/2702591</id>
    <updated>2008-08-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Untitled </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bethsownblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/ny-times-op-ed-eight-strikes-and-youre.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Cindy McCain Where Are You When We Need You? By James M.Doumas</title>
    <link href="http://dragonstigers.blogspot.com/2008/08/cindy-mccain-where-are-you-when-we-need_20.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-19:/commentary/2757329</id>
    <updated>2008-08-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Dragons and Tigers </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
By the way he did miss the vote on S.3335 which was defeated. This bill would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dragonstigers.blogspot.com/2008/08/cindy-mccain-where-are-you-when-we-need_20.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>EIGHT STRIKES AND YOU&amp;#39;RE OUT...</title>
    <link href="http://17aurelianos.livejournal.com/57630.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-19:/commentary/2697885</id>
    <updated>2008-08-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>And I close my eyes and tighten up my brain </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://17aurelianos.livejournal.com/57630.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Neither candidate serious about alternative energy?</title>
    <link href="http://dallasgreenzine.com/?p=135" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-19:/commentary/2696839</id>
    <updated>2008-08-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Dallas Green Zine </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Therefore, having a bill such as S. 3335 passed at the federal level would have been a big step foward for not only residents but also for the many businesses that are trying to get into the emerging green market. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dallasgreenzine.com/?p=135&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain&#8217;s back in the Saddleback</title>
    <link href="http://investments.planformoney.com/mccains-back-in-the-saddleback/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-18:/commentary/2689976</id>
    <updated>2008-08-18T21:10:22Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Investing your Money | News</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 It was only 5 days earlier July 30, 2008 that the Senate was voting for the 8th time in the past year on a broad, Vitally Important bill &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.3335&lt;/strong&gt;&#8212;that would have extended Investment tax credits&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://investments.planformoney.com/mccains-back-in-the-saddleback/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain&amp;#39;s Wind Energy Double-Talk Express</title>
    <link href="http://www.docudharma.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8520" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-18:/commentary/2692216</id>
    <updated>2008-08-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Docudharma - Front Page </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Five days before McCain beckoned Congress to take action on our energy crisis, McCain for the 8th time in one year missed a crucial vote on S. 3335, which will extend production tax credits for constructing wind turbines. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.docudharma.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8520&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Big Shocker: McCain Has Missed 8 Crucial Votes on Renewable Energy</title>
    <link href="http://earthfirst.com/big-shocker-mccain-has-missed-8-crucial-votes-on-renewable-energy/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-18:/commentary/2691161</id>
    <updated>2008-08-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>EarthFirst.com | Snarking Up Green Since 1883 </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The bill in question, S. 3335, would have extended investment tax credits for installing solar energy as well as the production tax credits for building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency systems. It&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s absolutely vital to the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://earthfirst.com/big-shocker-mccain-has-missed-8-crucial-votes-on-renewable-energy/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>recommended reading</title>
    <link href="http://daggatt.blogspot.com/2008/08/recommended-reading.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-17:/commentary/2711564</id>
    <updated>2008-08-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>daggatt blog </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
[O]n July 30, &#226;&#8364;&#166; the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://daggatt.blogspot.com/2008/08/recommended-reading.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Eight strikes and you&#226;&#8364;&#8482;re out!</title>
    <link href="http://renewenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/eight-strikes-and-you%E2%80%99re-out/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-17:/commentary/2687270</id>
    <updated>2008-08-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Untitled </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://renewenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/eight-strikes-and-you%E2%80%99re-out/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Fails to Pass Extenders Bill with Energy Tax Credit ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.martindale.com/energy-law/article_Hunton-Williams-LLP_480482.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-16:/commentary/2757334</id>
    <updated>2008-08-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Government Articles on Martindale.com </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
On July 30, 2008, the Senate, by a vote of 51 to 43, failed to invoke cloture on S. 3335, the &quot;Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008&quot; (the &quot;Senate Bill&quot;), introduced last week by Senator Baucus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.martindale.com/energy-law/article_Hunton-Williams-LLP_480482.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>S. 3335 - What Happened?</title>
    <link href="http://greenenergycafe.com/blog/?p=7" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-16:/commentary/2683128</id>
    <updated>2008-08-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Green Energy Cafe </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
If your Senator is one of those who has voted Nea (No) to S.3335, your help in the form of your calling your Senators office and asking why they are not supporting this legislation would go along way to furthering solar and wind power ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://greenenergycafe.com/blog/?p=7&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Candidates missing: Inaction</title>
    <link href="http://sosaipan.blogspot.com/2008/08/candidates-missing-inaction.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-15:/commentary/3105021</id>
    <updated>2008-08-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>SOSaipan </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
John McCain and Barack Obama are so busy talking about energy independence they've forgotten to vote on it: Obama, McCain absences may doom big Arizona solar plant. S.3335 and HR 6049 are 'portmanteau' bills, including enough tax breaks ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sosaipan.blogspot.com/2008/08/candidates-missing-inaction.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Eight Strikes and You&#226;&#8364;&#8482;re Out</title>
    <link href="http://braincandle.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/eight-strikes-and-you%E2%80%99re-out/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-15:/commentary/2685345</id>
    <updated>2008-08-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Neon Bible </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://braincandle.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/eight-strikes-and-you%E2%80%99re-out/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain hasn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t missed &#226;&#8364;&#732;any crucial votes,&#226;&#8364;&#8482; except all the crucial votes</title>
    <link href="http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16577.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-15:/commentary/2678409</id>
    <updated>2008-08-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Carpetbagger Report </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16577.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress 110, Senate vote: Vote 192: On the Cloture Motion</title>
    <link href="http://president-obama.com/?p=8598" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-15:/commentary/2677622</id>
    <updated>2008-08-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>President-Obama.com </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Vote description: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3335; Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008. Result: Rejected, 51-43, with 6 not voting. Barack Obama voted Not Voting. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://president-obama.com/?p=8598&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain Is Absent on America's Energy Crisis, Misses Eight Key ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/94988/mccain_is_absent_on_america's_energy_crisis,_misses_eight_key_votes/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/3772929</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>AlterNet.org: Rich Hoeppner </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill -- S. 3335 -- that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alternet.org/environment/94988/mccain_is_absent_on_america's_energy_crisis,_misses_eight_key_votes/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain Has Not Supported Clean Energy</title>
    <link href="http://cleantalk.org/2008/08/mccain-has-not-supported-clean-energy/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2704134</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Clean Talk </name>
    </author>
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It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill - S. 3335 - that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cleantalk.org/2008/08/mccain-has-not-supported-clean-energy/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Friedman nails McCain on alternative energy hypocrisy</title>
    <link href="http://idrunk.com/2008/08/15/friedman-nails-mccain-on-alternative-energy-hypocrisy/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2686361</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Drunk at idrunk.com </name>
    </author>
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It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that a Senate was voting for a eighth time in a past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended a investment tax credits for installing solar energy &amp;amp; a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://idrunk.com/2008/08/15/friedman-nails-mccain-on-alternative-energy-hypocrisy/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Friedman nails McCain on alternative energy hypocrisy</title>
    <link href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/15/freidman-nails-mccain-on-alternative-energy-hypocrisy/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2675138</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Crooks and Liars </name>
    </author>
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It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/15/freidman-nails-mccain-on-alternative-energy-hypocrisy/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Space and energy highlighted by candidates</title>
    <link href="http://blogs.physicstoday.org/politics08/2008/08/space_and_energy_highlighted_b.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2674615</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Physics Today Campaign 2008 - Where do... </name>
    </author>
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It didn&amp;#39;t stop to ride&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;Pages from April_Vol_23_1970.pdf&amp;quot;&amp;gt;to ride for a crucial vote on July 30 on S. 3335&#226;&#8364;&#8221;that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.physicstoday.org/politics08/2008/08/space_and_energy_highlighted_b.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain Energy Policy: OIL ONLY</title>
    <link href="http://sonofbillbrasky.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/mccain-energy-policy-oil-only/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2673965</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Son of Bill Brasky </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; gives investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency systems. Both the wind and solar industries depend on these credits &#226;&#8364;&#8221; which expire ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sonofbillbrasky.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/mccain-energy-policy-oil-only/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Whither Obama, McCain</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailyjimmy.com/2008/08/whither-obama-mccain.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2673417</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Daily Jimmy </name>
    </author>
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Both presidential candidates talk a big game about energy policy, but when a crucial vote in the Senate recently came up on a bill (S. 3335) that would have extended tax credits for solar and wind energy inititiatives, neither Senator ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailyjimmy.com/2008/08/whither-obama-mccain.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Links With Your Coffee - Friday</title>
    <link href="http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2008/08/links_with_your_779.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2673416</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>onegoodmove </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2008/08/links_with_your_779.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senators, What Have You Done for Us Lately?</title>
    <link href="http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/james_anderson/2008/08/the_powerful_dictate_what_they.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2671744</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T09:23:48Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Under God: On Faith at washingtonpost.com</name>
    </author>
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My question to Senator Obama and Senator McCain would be: Both of you seem to agree that this country needs energy independence ...  power sources and why the bill, &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.3335&lt;/strong&gt;, was not deserving of your vote?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/james_anderson/2008/08/the_powerful_dictate_what_they.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>26 new messages in 16 topics - digest</title>
    <link href="http://recsport-1.blogspot.com/2008/08/26-new-messages-in-16-topics-digest_3758.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2783550</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Rec Sport Pro-Wrestling &amp;amp; College Football </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency systems. Both the wind and solar industries depend on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://recsport-1.blogspot.com/2008/08/26-new-messages-in-16-topics-digest_3758.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Paging Mr. John McCain</title>
    <link href="http://leftindent.blogspot.com/2008/08/paging-mr-john-mccain.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2783548</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Left Indent </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In fact, he's missed all eight votes on energy bill S. 3335 - I guess it doesn't matter, since he's out there warning us against the futility in maintaining tire pressure and the critical importance of offshore drilling (which until ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://leftindent.blogspot.com/2008/08/paging-mr-john-mccain.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>&amp;quot;Senate bill S. 3335 would have extended the investment tax ...</title>
    <link href="http://nississima.tumblr.com/post/46007044" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2682178</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>niss &#9829; you, your mom also </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
&#226;&#8364;&#339;Senate bill S. 3335 would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nississima.tumblr.com/post/46007044&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain&amp;#39;s Real Alternative Energy Policy</title>
    <link href="http://cntrfeit.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccains-real-alternative-energy-policy.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2681879</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Folding the Map </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
&amp;quot;It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cntrfeit.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccains-real-alternative-energy-policy.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain&amp;#39;s energy policy: stay away when there&amp;#39;s a vote on solar and ...</title>
    <link href="http://boostinglearning.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccains-energy-policy-stay-away-when.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2679206</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Education and the Culture Wars </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
&amp;quot;It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://boostinglearning.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccains-energy-policy-stay-away-when.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Amarnath Yatra: Lost In Translation?</title>
    <link href="http://mysoccer.kaopehkaobu.com/2008/08/14/amarnath-yatra-lost-in-translation/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2677433</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>My Soccer World </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill - S. 3335 - that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mysoccer.kaopehkaobu.com/2008/08/14/amarnath-yatra-lost-in-translation/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Amarnath Yatra: Lost In Translation?</title>
    <link href="http://leaders.lovenotepress.com/2008/08/14/amarnath-yatra-lost-in-translation/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2675139</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Leaders Of Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow... </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill - S. 3335 - that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://leaders.lovenotepress.com/2008/08/14/amarnath-yatra-lost-in-translation/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Eight Strikes and You&#226;&#8364;&#8482;re Out</title>
    <link href="http://java2hot.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-13-2008-op-ed-columnist-eight.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2668151</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>java </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://java2hot.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-13-2008-op-ed-columnist-eight.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain Blows Smoke on Energy</title>
    <link href="http://blog.techfun.org/mccain-blows-smoke-on-energy" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2667470</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Techfun </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The law I am taking about is The Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S.3335)- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.techfun.org/mccain-blows-smoke-on-energy&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Sen DeMint is not serious about energy</title>
    <link href="http://www2.beaufortgazette.com/story/22076#comment-59504" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2666533</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>beaufortgazette.com - Comments </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Just a month ago he voted NAY on Senate bill S.3335 along with 41 other Republicans. I&amp;#39;m not against offshore drilling but I am for energy independence. This senator is simply voting for big oil and their big profits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.beaufortgazette.com/story/22076#comment-59504&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain&amp;#39;s lack of energye_SClB</title>
    <link href="http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=711643&amp;amp;LinkFrom=RSS" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2666094</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>timesunion.com: Opinion Headlines </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
S. 3335 ? that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency systems. Both the wind and solar industries depend on these ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=711643&amp;amp;LinkFrom=RSS&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Thomas Friedman on McCain&amp;#39;s voting absense for S. 3335; Emailing ...</title>
    <link href="http://freerssfreerss.blogspot.com/2008/08/thomas-friedman-on-mccains-voting.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-13:/commentary/2666093</id>
    <updated>2008-08-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>I want a free RSS feed </name>
    </author>
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[ii] ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TAX CREDITS AND S. 3335 I have seen your ads featuring wind turbines, and have heard about your demand that senate return to address the energy crisis. Yet you have not voted on S. 3335, a bill that addresses ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freerssfreerss.blogspot.com/2008/08/thomas-friedman-on-mccains-voting.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain The Energy Huckster</title>
    <link href="http://www.theliberalcurmudgeon.com/2008/08/mccain-energy-huckster.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2807015</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Liberal Curmudgeon </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
&quot;It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theliberalcurmudgeon.com/2008/08/mccain-energy-huckster.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Blocked from Considering Tax Extenders Legislation with &#226;&#8364;&#166;</title>
    <link href="http://the-exercise-site.com/senate-blocked-from-considering-tax-extenders-legislation-with/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2783549</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Exercise Site </name>
    </author>
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Excerpt: &quot;After weeks of negotiations, a compromise mental health parity bill was inserted into an omnibus tax and energy extenders package (S.3335, The Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008) that stalled last week . ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://the-exercise-site.com/senate-blocked-from-considering-tax-extenders-legislation-with/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Losing His Base</title>
    <link href="http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/08/losing-his-base.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2682571</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Obsidian Wings </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
&amp;quot;It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/08/losing-his-base.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Solar? not likely</title>
    <link href="http://punditification.blogspot.com/2008/08/solar-not-likely.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2668645</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>punditification </name>
    </author>
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That&amp;#39;s a lie. And where is Barack? I wonder what Nader has to say? S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://punditification.blogspot.com/2008/08/solar-not-likely.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain&amp;#39;s Hot Air</title>
    <link href="http://mickeyhepner.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccains-hot-air.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2668154</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Mickey&amp;#39;s Musings </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman has some harsh words for John McCain&amp;#39;s absence from the Senate during a vote on S.3335 which would extend tax credits for wind and solar power. Senator McCain did not show up for the crucial vote on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mickeyhepner.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccains-hot-air.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McCain passes on voting for solar/wind tax credits</title>
    <link href="http://dan92024.blogstream.com/v1/pid/332518.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2668153</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Dans Blog </name>
    </author>
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It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill S. 3335 that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dan92024.blogstream.com/v1/pid/332518.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Windbag Called Out</title>
    <link href="http://bjkeefe.blogspot.com/2008/08/windbag-called-out.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2668152</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>bjkeefe </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill -- S. 3335 -- that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bjkeefe.blogspot.com/2008/08/windbag-called-out.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>&amp;#39;Eight Strikes and You&amp;#39;re Out&amp;#39; by Tom Friedman</title>
    <link href="http://standardsolar.blogspot.com/2008/08/eight-strikes-and-youre-out-by-tom.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2666534</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Standard Solar Inc. </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill - S. 3335 - that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://standardsolar.blogspot.com/2008/08/eight-strikes-and-youre-out-by-tom.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Eight Strikes and You&#195;&#162;&#226;&#8218;&#172;&#226;&#8222;&#162;re Out</title>
    <link href="http://www.sitespaces.net/mail.php?readbulletin&amp;amp;158162" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2666087</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>temblors&amp;#39;s Bulletins </name>
    </author>
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It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#195;&#162;&#226;&#8218;&#172;&#226;&#8364;* S. 3335 &#195;&#162;&#226;&#8218;&#172;&#226;&#8364;* that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sitespaces.net/mail.php?readbulletin&amp;amp;158162&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>When Money talks</title>
    <link href="http://garnergg.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-money-talks.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2666086</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Glen Garner - Environmental commentary </name>
    </author>
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Senate voting denied success for a vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://garnergg.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-money-talks.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tom Manion, Already Out Of Energy</title>
    <link href="http://liberaldoomsayer.blogspot.com/2008/08/tom-manion-already-out-of-energy.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2663754</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Liberal Doomsayer </name>
    </author>
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The problem, though, is that the &#226;&#8364;&#339;Roadblock Republicans&#226;&#8364;* in Congress have blocked S. 3335, a bill that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://liberaldoomsayer.blogspot.com/2008/08/tom-manion-already-out-of-energy.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Liars</title>
    <link href="http://megdrew.blogspot.com/2008/08/liars.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2663199</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Keep in Touch </name>
    </author>
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The bills number, S. 3335, gives you the voting record for every senator (both senators from Oregon voted &amp;quot;yea&amp;quot;, how about your state?). From their you can look up the actual description of the bill. Voting S. 3335 Description ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://megdrew.blogspot.com/2008/08/liars.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>All of the Above, My Friends</title>
    <link href="http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/8/13/1594/02256" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2663198</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>MyDD </name>
    </author>
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Among other things, S.3335. &amp;quot;Extends the tax credit for producing electricity from wind facilities through 2009 and the tax credit for closed and open-loop biomass, geothermal, small irrigation, hydropower, landfill gas, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/8/13/1594/02256&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Blocked from Considering Tax Extenders Legislation with ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.benefitslink.com/links/20080813-064454.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2662347</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BenefitsLink.com </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Excerpt: &amp;quot;After weeks of negotiations, a compromise mental health parity bill was inserted into an omnibus tax and energy extenders package (S.3335, The Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008) that stalled last week ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.benefitslink.com/links/20080813-064454.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>And....HE&amp;#39;S OUTTA THERE!</title>
    <link href="http://debasethis.blogspot.com/2008/08/andhes-outta-there.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2662346</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>debaser </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
He calls McCain out for not voting on an important bill &amp;quot;&#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://debasethis.blogspot.com/2008/08/andhes-outta-there.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why Are Americans Paying This Guy&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Senate Salary Through November?</title>
    <link href="http://deceiver.com/2008/08/13/why-are-americans-paying-this-guys-salary-through-november/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2662345</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Deceiver.com </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://deceiver.com/2008/08/13/why-are-americans-paying-this-guys-salary-through-november/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress Playing with Solar and Wind</title>
    <link href="http://blogs.discovery.com/news_powrtalk/2008/08/congress-playin.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/2662344</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Discovery News: Powrtalk </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Without leadership, essential renewable energy legislation - S. 3335 - is not passing. Politicians are running blatantly green-washed commercials showing miles of turbines turning on American hills, while stifling the laws that would ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.discovery.com/news_powrtalk/2008/08/congress-playin.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: Eight Strikes and You&#226;&#8364;&#8482;re Out</title>
    <link href="http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2008/08/thomas-l-friedman-eight-strikes-and.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-11:/commentary/2661108</id>
    <updated>2008-08-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Free Democracy </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It was only five days earlier, on July 30, that the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill &#226;&#8364;&#8221; S. 3335 &#226;&#8364;&#8221; that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2008/08/thomas-l-friedman-eight-strikes-and.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress 110, Senate vote: Vote 192: On the Cloture Motion</title>
    <link href="http://president-obama.com/?p=8069" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-09:/commentary/2651395</id>
    <updated>2008-08-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>President-Obama.com </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Vote description: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3335; Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008. Result: Rejected, 51-43, with 6 not voting. John McCain voted Not Voting. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://president-obama.com/?p=8069&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Highway Trust Fund Fix/Tax Bill Blocked in Senate</title>
    <link href="http://gcaa.org/highway-trust-fund-fixtax-bill-blocked-in-senate/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-05:/commentary/2617109</id>
    <updated>2008-08-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>GCAA </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
attached the $8 billion HTF fix to S. 3335, a package of energy and tax extenders. Although 51 Senators supported the legislation, 60 votes were needed to move the bill. Four Republican senators-Norm Coleman (Minn. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gcaa.org/highway-trust-fund-fixtax-bill-blocked-in-senate/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>No Impact Man: Remember how I visited my Congressman? Your turn!</title>
    <link href="http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/remember-how-i.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-04:/commentary/3772927</id>
    <updated>2008-08-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>No Impact Man </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Ask your Senators how they are going to vote on S.3335 which extends the tax credits for solar energy. How they vote on energy bills is something to remember when they are up for reelection. Posted by: Leslie | August 05, 2008 at 08:46 ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/remember-how-i.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Annals of Republican Obstructionism</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Hzoh/~3/355417144/annals-of-republican-obstructionism.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-03:/commentary/2725157</id>
    <updated>2008-08-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Angry Bear</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Last week, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on S.3335, a measure which among other things would extend the production tax credits for solar and wind energy, plug the Highway Trust Fund deficit, and keep the Alternative Minimum Tax at bay for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Hzoh/~3/355417144/annals-of-republican-obstructionism.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Annals of Republican Obstructionism</title>
    <link href="http://angrybear.blogspot.com/2008/08/annals-of-republican-obstructionism.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-03:/commentary/2606832</id>
    <updated>2008-08-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Angry Bear </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Last week, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on S.3335, a measure which among other things would extend the production tax credits for solar and wind energy, plug the Highway Trust Fund deficit, and keep the Alternative Minimum Tax at ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://angrybear.blogspot.com/2008/08/annals-of-republican-obstructionism.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Solar Industry Dismayed by Failure to Extend Tax Credits</title>
    <link href="http://coloradoenergynews.com/2008/08/solar-industry-dismayed-by-failure-to-extend-tax-credits/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-02:/commentary/2602139</id>
    <updated>2008-08-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Colorado Energy News </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Washington DC - Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) president Rhone Resch released the statement below after the Senate failed to pass a cloture motion on S. 3335, the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coloradoenergynews.com/2008/08/solar-industry-dismayed-by-failure-to-extend-tax-credits/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Republicans Continue to Prove They Love Only Oil Businesses</title>
    <link href="http://weatherdem.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/republicans-continue-to-prove-they-love-only-oil-businesses/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-02:/commentary/2598855</id>
    <updated>2008-08-02T18:06:23Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name> Weatherdem&#8217;s Weblog</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
  Big Oil&#8217;s profits have been nicely padded in recent years by the billions in corporate welfare (tax dollars) ... .&#160; By the way, there is a really good resource about this (and any other) bill: OpenCongress - &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.3335&lt;/strong&gt;.  G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://weatherdem.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/republicans-continue-to-prove-they-love-only-oil-businesses/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Democrats Unable to End Filibuster on ERISA Amendments ...</title>
    <link href="http://therecoveringlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/senate-democrats-unable-to-end.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/commentary/2656164</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Recovering Life </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... 60 needed to overcome a Republican-backed filibuster on July 30, the Senate was unable to advance a House and Senate compromise over mental health parity language which was attached to pending energy and tax legislation (S. 3335). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therecoveringlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/senate-democrats-unable-to-end.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress is Playing a Deadly Game of &#226;&#8364;&#339;Chicken&#226;&#8364;* With America&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Future</title>
    <link href="http://alt-energystocks.com/blog/2008/08/01/congress-playing-a-deadly-game-of-chicken-with-americas-future/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/commentary/2595960</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Alternative Energy Today </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
There is a lot at stake with S.3335. The entire alternative energy industry could be irreparably harmed if the investment tax credits are not extended. There will be huge losses of investment capital already at risk in these ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://alt-energystocks.com/blog/2008/08/01/congress-playing-a-deadly-game-of-chicken-with-americas-future/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Democrats Unable to End Filibuster on ERISA Amendments ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.benefitslink.com/links/20080801-064182.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/commentary/2590437</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BenefitsLink.com </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... 60 needed to overcome a Republican-backed filibuster on July 30, the Senate was unable to advance a House and Senate compromise over mental health parity language which was attached to pending energy and tax legislation (S. 3335). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.benefitslink.com/links/20080801-064182.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate GOP Refuses Floor Debate of Renewable Energy Tax Credits</title>
    <link href="http://www.eco-cide.com/senate-gop-refuses-floor-debate-of-renewable-energy-tax-credits/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2584195</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T20:35:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Eco-Cide: Exploring Ecology</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 For the fourth time this summer alone, Senate Republicans have blocked any formal consideration of extending renewable energy tax credits. The 51-43 vote on Wednesday to invoke cloture on &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.3335&lt;/strong&gt; fell&#8230;        Original art&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eco-cide.com/senate-gop-refuses-floor-debate-of-renewable-energy-tax-credits/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>WashingtonWatch.com - S. 3335, The Jobs, Energy, Families, and ...</title>
    <link href="http://washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3335.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/3340637</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WashingtonWatch.com - Subject Group: Welfare </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
US Congress: S. 3335, The Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3335.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Left Undone in Washington</title>
    <link href="http://www.cotterhome.com/site/Dad_Blog/Entries/2008/7/31_What%E2%80%99s_Left_Undone_in_Washington.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2757331</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Choix Du Jour ? </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In parliamentary language, the motion to invoke cloture on the bill (S.3335) was defeated on the Senate floor by a vote of 51-43. In everyday language, even with concessions made by Democratic leadership on a string of related and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cotterhome.com/site/Dad_Blog/Entries/2008/7/31_What%E2%80%99s_Left_Undone_in_Washington.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Y! Alert: credit - Google Blog Search</title>
    <link href="http://weke299.blogspot.com/2008/07/y-alert-credit-google-blog-search_4626.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2615107</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>New </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
By a vote of 51-43, S. 3335 the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act, which included a crucial package of renewable energy tax credits , namely the Solar Investment Tax Credit and the Production Tax Credit , failed (again) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://weke299.blogspot.com/2008/07/y-alert-credit-google-blog-search_4626.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Democrats Unable to End Filibuster on ERISA Amendments ...</title>
    <link href="http://washlaborwire.com/2008/07/31/senate-democrats-unable-to-end-filibuster-on-erisa-amendments-regarding-mental-health-parity/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2587976</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Washington Labor &amp;amp; Employment Wire </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... 60 needed to overcome a Republican-backed filibuster on July 30, the Senate was unable to advance a House and Senate compromise over mental health parity language which was attached to pending energy and tax legislation (S. 3335). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://washlaborwire.com/2008/07/31/senate-democrats-unable-to-end-filibuster-on-erisa-amendments-regarding-mental-health-parity/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate fails to invoke cloture on bill containing parity measure</title>
    <link href="http://mhanewsnow.typepad.com/behavioralhealth/2008/07/senate-fails-to.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2587374</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>MHA Society for Behavioral Health </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The Senate on July 30 failed, by a vote of 51-43, to achieve the 60 votes needed to proceed to a vote on the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act (S. 3335), which includes a mental health parity provision. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mhanewsnow.typepad.com/behavioralhealth/2008/07/senate-fails-to.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress Feels No Pain</title>
    <link href="http://energyefficiencymarkets.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/congress-feels-no-pain/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2587373</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Energy Efficiency Markets </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The Jobs, Energy, Families &amp;amp; Disaster Relief Act of 2008, S. 3335, offers a range of measures aimed at encouraging several key efficiency policies. The bill extends tax credits for energy-efficient homes and appliances, and deductions ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://energyefficiencymarkets.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/congress-feels-no-pain/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>SEIA Statement on Senate&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s 8th Failure to Extend Solar Tax Credits</title>
    <link href="http://www.solarwindenergynews.com/1327/seia-statement-on-senates-8th-failure-to-extend-solar-tax-credits/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2587372</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Solar Wind Energy News </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Solar Energy Industries Association president Rhone Resch released the following statement after the Senate failed to pass a cloture motion on S. 3335, the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act, which included provisions to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.solarwindenergynews.com/1327/seia-statement-on-senates-8th-failure-to-extend-solar-tax-credits/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What I Didn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t Do Before My Summer Vacation</title>
    <link href="http://www.solar-nation.org/2008/07/31/what-i-didnt-do-before-my-summer-vacation/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2587371</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>solarnation </name>
    </author>
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In parliamentary language, the motion to invoke cloture on the bill (S.3335) was defeated on the Senate floor by a vote of 51-43. In everyday language, Democrats and Republicans could not, after all this time, come to agreement on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.solar-nation.org/2008/07/31/what-i-didnt-do-before-my-summer-vacation/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Senate Votes To Deny Parity For People Suffering From Mental Illness</title>
    <link href="http://revolutionredux.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/senate-votes-to-deny-parity-for-people-suffering-from-mental-illness/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2584196</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T17:57:20Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name> Home of the Brave</name>
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Senate Votes To Deny Parity For People Suffering From Mental Illness  Posted on July 30, 2008 by Annie    The Senate Roll Call&#160; vote&#160;on &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.3335&lt;/strong&gt;.&#160; Six didn&#8217;t vote:&#160; Senator Kennedy is the only person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://revolutionredux.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/senate-votes-to-deny-parity-for-people-suffering-from-mental-illness/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congress 110, Senate vote: Vote 192: On the Cloture Motion</title>
    <link href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/senate/2/votes/192/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2671745</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Maria Cantwell | Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com</name>
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 Question: On the Cloture Motion.  Category: Cloture  Vote description: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.3335&lt;/strong&gt;; Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/senate/2/votes/192/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Senate Rejects a First Step in Passing Oil-Saving Clean Energy Tax ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2008/07/31/senate-rejects-a-first-step-in-passing-oil-saving-clean-energy-tax-incentives/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/3772928</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Grassroots Press </name>
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Another bill, S. 3335, the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 contains new incentives for plug in electric hybrid vehicles that are capable of achieving 100 miles per gallon. If all vehicles were plug-in electric ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2008/07/31/senate-rejects-a-first-step-in-passing-oil-saving-clean-energy-tax-incentives/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Tennessee for Pickens Plan - PickensPlan</title>
    <link href="http://push.pickensplan.com/group/tennesseeforpickensplan" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/3772921</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Latest Activity on PickensPlan </name>
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If you have two minutes please call Senator Alexander and Senator Corker to ask them to pass S. 3335 today. his bill included the essential PTC/ITC tax credit extensions for our clean energy businesses throughout Tennessee. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://push.pickensplan.com/group/tennesseeforpickensplan&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>SEIA STATEMENT ON SENATE&#226;&#8364;&#8482;S 8TH FAILURE TO EXTEND SOLAR TAX CREDITS</title>
    <link href="http://blog.heliopower.com/2008/07/seia-statement-on-senates-8th-failure/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2746072</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Helio </name>
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Solar Energy Industries Association president Rhone Resch released the following statement after the Senate failed to pass a cloture motion on S. 3335, the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act, which included provisions to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.heliopower.com/2008/07/seia-statement-on-senates-8th-failure/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Senate GOP Refuses Floor Debate of Renewable Energy Tax Credits</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/green-options-blog/~3/350982710/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2735908</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Green Options</name>
    </author>
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For the fourth time this summer alone, Senate Republicans have blocked any formal consideration of extending renewable energy tax credits. The 51-43 vote on Wednesday to invoke cloture on S.3335 fell nine short of the 60 needed to begin floor debate (a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/green-options-blog/~3/350982710/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Republicans (Mostly) Vote Against ITC</title>
    <link href="http://greenlight.greentechmedia.com/2008/07/30/senate-republicans-mostly-vote-against-itc-425/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2651396</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Green Light </name>
    </author>
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At 11:50 am today the bill containing extensions for the production and investment tax credits was voted down in the Senate. Democrats failed to gain the 60 votes necessary to invoke cloture and start floor debate on S. 3335, the Jobs, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://greenlight.greentechmedia.com/2008/07/30/senate-republicans-mostly-vote-against-itc-425/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Solar tax incentive extension looking doomed for this year</title>
    <link href="http://renewenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/solar-tax-incentive-extension-looking-doomed-for-this-year/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2617362</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Untitled </name>
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    <content type="html">
Solar Energy Industries Association president Rhone Resch released the following statement after the Senate failed to pass a cloture motion on S. 3335, the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act, which included provisions to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://renewenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/solar-tax-incentive-extension-looking-doomed-for-this-year/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Senators Cornyn and Hutchison Block Oil-Saving Clean Energy Tax ...</title>
    <link href="http://doingmypartfortheleft.com/2008/07/30/senators-cornyn-and-hutchison-block-oil-saving-clean-energy-tax-incentives/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2601358</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Doing My Part For The Left </name>
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S. 3335, the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 contains new incentives for plug in electric hybrid vehicles that are capable of achieving 100 miles per gallon. If all vehicles were plug in electric hybrids, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://doingmypartfortheleft.com/2008/07/30/senators-cornyn-and-hutchison-block-oil-saving-clean-energy-tax-incentives/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate GOP Refuses Floor Debate of Renewable Energy Tax Credits</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.greenoptions.com/~r/GreenOptions/~3/350982496/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2587375</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Green Options </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The 51-43 vote on Wednesday to invoke cloture on S.3335 fell nine short of the 60 needed to begin floor debate (a &#226;&#8364;&#732;Yea&#226;&#8364;&#8482; vote indicating support for the bill and/or willingness to debate it). Although [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.greenoptions.com/~r/GreenOptions/~3/350982496/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate GOP Refuses Floor Debate of Renewable Energy Tax Credits</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.greenoptions.com/~r/green-options-blog/~3/350982710/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2584193</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Green Options </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
For the fourth time this summer alone, Senate Republicans have blocked any formal consideration of extending renewable energy tax credits. The 51-43 vote on Wednesday to invoke cloture on S.3335 fell...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.greenoptions.com/~r/green-options-blog/~3/350982710/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>What&amp;#39;s up with Mental Health Parity law?</title>
    <link href="http://eatingwithyouranorexic.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-up-with-mental-health-parity-law.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2584192</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Are you &amp;quot;Eating With Your Anorexic?&amp;quot; </name>
    </author>
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The mental health and addiction parity compromise bill that was agreed to by House and Senate negotiators is included in the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S. 3335), which is expected to be considered on the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eatingwithyouranorexic.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-up-with-mental-health-parity-law.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Update on Mental Parity</title>
    <link href="http://nourishingmyson.blogspot.com/2008/07/update-on-mental-parity.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581547</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Nourishing My Son </name>
    </author>
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So they&amp;#39;ve thrown the compromise into the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S. 3335). And now, even though the majority of senators and representatives agree on passing this bill, it may not pass because of all the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nourishingmyson.blogspot.com/2008/07/update-on-mental-parity.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate GOP Refuses Floor Debate of Renewable Energy Tax Credits</title>
    <link href="http://rssnews.renewable-energy-sources.com/2008/07/senate-gop-refuses-floor-debate-of-renewable-energy-tax-credits/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581546</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Renewable Energy News Syndicator </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The 51-43 vote on Wednesday to invoke cloture on S.3335 fell nine short of the 60 needed to begin floor debate (a &#226;&#8364;&#732;Yea&#226;&#8364;&#8482; vote indicating support for the bill and/or willingness to debate it). Although Democrats Obama, McCaskill, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rssnews.renewable-energy-sources.com/2008/07/senate-gop-refuses-floor-debate-of-renewable-energy-tax-credits/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>07-30-08 Sen. Salazar to Discuss Fight to Pass Renewable Energy Bill</title>
    <link href="http://brianallmerradionetwork.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/07-30-08-sen-salazar-to-discuss-fight-to-pass-renewable-energy-bill/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581545</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BARN OnAir &amp;amp; OnLine 24/7/365 </name>
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WASHINGTON, DC &#226;&#8364;&#8220; Today, during his weekly conference call with local media, United States Senator Ken Salazar will discuss his efforts to pass S.3335, a bill that would create incentives for businesses, entrepreneurs, and American ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://brianallmerradionetwork.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/07-30-08-sen-salazar-to-discuss-fight-to-pass-renewable-energy-bill/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate GOP Refuses Floor Debate of Reneawble Energy Tax Credits</title>
    <link href="http://www.hugg.com/node/19765" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581544</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Freshly Hugged Stories </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
For the fourth time this summer alone, Senate Republicans have blocked any formal consideration of extending renewable energy tax credits. The 51-43 vote on Wednesday to invoke cloture on S.3335 fell nine short of the 60 needed to begin ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hugg.com/node/19765&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Republicans (Mostly) Vote Against ITC</title>
    <link href="http://greenlight.greentechmedia.com/2008/07/30/senate-republicans-mostly-vote-against-itc/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581543</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Green Light </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... and investment tax credits was voted down in the Senate. Democrats failed to gain the 60 votes necessary to invoke cloture and start floor debate on S. 3335, the Jobs, Energy, Family, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008, picking up [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://greenlight.greentechmedia.com/2008/07/30/senate-republicans-mostly-vote-against-itc/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Seante Votes To Deny Parity For People Suffering From Mental Illness</title>
    <link href="http://revolutionredux.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/seante-votes-to-deny-parity-for-people-suffering-from-mental-illness/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581542</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Home of the Brave </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The Senate Roll Call vote on S.3335. Six didn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t vote: Senator Kennedy is the only person who is excused with a significant health issue. The others absentee senators who demonstrated a lack of basic accountability are: McCain, Obama, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://revolutionredux.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/seante-votes-to-deny-parity-for-people-suffering-from-mental-illness/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Just Call Him Phil E. Buster: Ensign votes against cloture on ...</title>
    <link href="http://desertbeacon.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-call-him-phil-e-buster-ensign.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581540</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Desert Beacon </name>
    </author>
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S. 3335, the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008, remains stalled on a 51-43 vote. Senator Ensign voted to sustain the filibuster on this bill too. [vote 192]. As a citizen of the state of Nevada, why on Earth would ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://desertbeacon.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-call-him-phil-e-buster-ensign.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Chambliss Votes Against Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster ...</title>
    <link href="http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2008/07/chambliss-votes-against-jobs-energy.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581538</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Georgia Politics Unfiltered </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Chambliss (R - Georgia) voted against a motion to proceed to the consideration of S.3335, the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 [Source: United States Senate, Vote Number 192, July 30, 2008]. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2008/07/chambliss-votes-against-jobs-energy.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Renewable Tax Credit Extenders Package Fails (Again)</title>
    <link href="http://ndnblog.org/node/2643" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581537</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>NDN Blog - NDN Blog </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
By a vote of 51-43, S. 3335 the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act, which included a crucial package of renewable energy tax credits, namely the Solar Investment Tax Credit and the Production Tax Credit, failed (again) today ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ndnblog.org/node/2643&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Let Senate Know: End Insurance Discrimination Against Mental Illness</title>
    <link href="http://opblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/let-senate-know-end-insurance-discrimination-against-mental-illness/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581536</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Untitled </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S. 3335) includes lifesaving mental health and addiction parity legislation. The bill needs to be passed before the August recess so it can also be approved by the House and be ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://opblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/let-senate-know-end-insurance-discrimination-against-mental-illness/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Vote: &amp;#39;Nay&amp;#39; regarding S.3335</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/roll_call/show/4940" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581535</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Open Congress : Sen. John Warner [R, VA] </name>
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John Warner [R, VA] voted &amp;#39;Nay&amp;#39; on the question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3335 ) regarding S.3335 Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/roll_call/show/4940&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>S.3335 Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3335/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2581534</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Open Congress : Top 20 Bills Most Written... </name>
    </author>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3335/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tuesday Morning Miscellany</title>
    <link href="http://wildchihuahuas.blogspot.com/2008/07/tuesday-morning-miscellany.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/commentary/2584194</id>
    <updated>2008-07-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Wild Chihuahuas </name>
    </author>
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Ask them to support the tax incentives for renewable energy in bill S. 3335. &#226;&#8364;&#162; Tell them it is essential that these incentives pass before the recess. Senator McCain: 202-224-2235 Senator Kyl: 202-224-4521 ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wildchihuahuas.blogspot.com/2008/07/tuesday-morning-miscellany.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Sens. Salazar, Baucus, Bingaman Join Energy Experts to Urge ...</title>
    <link href="http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080729entaxjnt.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/commentary/2576348</id>
    <updated>2008-07-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>US Senator Ken Salazar&amp;#39;s official RSS feed </name>
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... Wind Energy Association, at a press conference to discuss efforts to pass S.3335, a bill that would create incentives for innovators and American consumers to invest in alternative, renewable energy sources and energy conservation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080729entaxjnt.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Senate failed to reach the 60 votes necessary to vote on S ...</title>
    <link href="http://leftedgenorth.blogspot.com/2008/07/senate-failed-to-reach-60-votes.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/commentary/2573235</id>
    <updated>2008-07-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Left Edge North </name>
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The Senate failed to reach the 60 votes necessary to vote on S. 3335 a bill to extend tax breaks for renewable energy. Republicans oppose the proposed plans to pay for the tax breaks and seek votes on more oil domestic oil drilling, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://leftedgenorth.blogspot.com/2008/07/senate-failed-to-reach-60-votes.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Extending Alternative Energy Tax Credits and Other Issues Bill # S ...</title>
    <link href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/jay_patel/gGx9Hf" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/commentary/2573234</id>
    <updated>2008-07-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Member Posts </name>
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Please write your elected officials to pass bill S.3335. This bill provides helpful credits to help build our nation&amp;#39;s alternative energy industries and infrastructure. It is vital in the interest of our nation&amp;#39;s energy security that ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/jay_patel/gGx9Hf&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>NDN to Congress: Extend Renewable Energy Tax Credits Now</title>
    <link href="http://ndnblog.org/node/2635" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/commentary/2573233</id>
    <updated>2008-07-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>NDN Blog - NDN Blog </name>
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The package, currently part of the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S. 3335), has enormous potential to quickly stimulate the economy, create jobs, reduce American dependence on foreign sources of energy and move ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ndnblog.org/node/2635&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Wellstone Act so close to being a reality at Jason Gooljar ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.jasongooljar.com/?p=1760" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/3772931</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jason Gooljar: The Working Families Party Man </name>
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The compromise version of the Wellstone Bill, agreed to by House and Senate leaders, has been added to a large piece of legislation in the Senate &#226;&#8364;&#8221; the Jobs, Energy, Families and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S. 3335), which will go up ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jasongooljar.com/?p=1760&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Call-In Action!</title>
    <link href="http://renewpac.blogspot.com/2008/07/call-in-action_28.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2581548</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>renewpac </name>
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Express your support for the solar and wind energy tax package - the bill is called S. 3335. This package will create green jobs and substantially increase solar and wind energy in the US. Senator McConnell can round up the votes to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://renewpac.blogspot.com/2008/07/call-in-action_28.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>when I think about solar energy, I don&amp;#39;t think about enchiladas</title>
    <link href="http://marctic.livejournal.com/344753.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2573237</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Velocity Magnet </name>
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Please call or email your Senators today to urge them to vote YES on S. 3335, which includes an 8 year extension of the commercial and residential solar tax credit, and doubles the residential cap to $4000.&amp;quot; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://marctic.livejournal.com/344753.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Today&amp;#39;s Linkage - 7/28/08</title>
    <link href="http://americansolareconomy.blogspot.com/2008/07/todays-linkage-72808.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2573236</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>americansolareconomy </name>
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Baucus Unveils Enhanced Extenders Package (S.3335). Wonk Room - The Assault On Gore &#226;&#8364;&#8221; And On The American Dream. Daily Kos - Partially clears up Housing Bill Confusion. McCain is moving away from support for Cap and Trade. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://americansolareconomy.blogspot.com/2008/07/todays-linkage-72808.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Action Alert: Urge Passage of Mental Health Parity Law</title>
    <link href="http://www.chaddofutah.com/wp/?p=20" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2569290</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CHADD OF UTAH </name>
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... Senate leaders included the mental health parity legislation in the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 (S. 3335) with the hope of attracting enough support to overcome procedural objections in [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chaddofutah.com/wp/?p=20&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Act Now: Last Chance for Congress to Pass Critical Renewable ...</title>
    <link href="http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/07/act_now_last_chance_for_congre.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2569289</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Breakthrough </name>
    </author>
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The Senate is set to vote as early as tomorrow on S. 3335, a bill that extends the critical Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit for clean, American renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal energy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/07/act_now_last_chance_for_congre.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate voting on resolution to renew Tax Credits</title>
    <link href="http://goypm.org/news/senate-voting-on-resolution-to-renew-tax-credits/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2569288</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Young Progressive Majority </name>
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&#226;&#8364;&#339;as early as tomorrow, the Senate will vote on S. 3335, which includes an 8 year extension of the commercial and residential solar tax credit, and doubles the residential cap to $4000.&#226;&#8364;* Read More at Red Green and Blue &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://goypm.org/news/senate-voting-on-resolution-to-renew-tax-credits/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Extending the Federal Tax Credits for Solar</title>
    <link href="http://www.sfsolarsubsidy.com/sfsolarsubsidy/extending-the-federal-tax-credits-for-solar/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2569287</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>San Francisco Solar Energy Incentive Program Info </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
As early as tomorrow, your Senators will vote on S. 3335, which includes an 8 year extension of the commercial and residential solar tax credit, and doubles the residential cap to $4000. Please call or email your Senators today to turn ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sfsolarsubsidy.com/sfsolarsubsidy/extending-the-federal-tax-credits-for-solar/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Let&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Try This Again: Senate to Vote on Renewables</title>
    <link href="http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/07/28/lets-try-this-again-senate-to-vote-on-renewables/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2569286</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Red, Green, and Blue </name>
    </author>
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What I do know, is that as early as tomorrow, the Senate will vote on S. 3335, which includes an 8 year extension of the commercial and residential solar tax credit, and doubles the residential cap to $4000. S. 3335 (pdf) was devised by ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/07/28/lets-try-this-again-senate-to-vote-on-renewables/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Prepares Final Vote on MH Parity Bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.socialworkblog.org/advocacy/index.php/2008/07/28/senate-prepares-final-vote-on-mh-parity-bill/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2569285</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>NASW Advocacy Blog </name>
    </author>
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The Senate leadership has added the mental health parity bill for private insurance negotiated between the House and the Senate to another bill, S. 3335, an unrelated tax extenders package. Please contact your Senators and ask them to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.socialworkblog.org/advocacy/index.php/2008/07/28/senate-prepares-final-vote-on-mh-parity-bill/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Support S. 3335</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Support-S--3335-by-Kenneth-Briggs-080728-380.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/2569284</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough... </name>
    </author>
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[Call your Senators to support legislation that includes Mental Health and Addiction parity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/Support-S--3335-by-Kenneth-Briggs-080728-380.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A Message from the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA)</title>
    <link href="http://floridaphotonicscluster.blogspot.com/2008/07/message-from-solar-energy-industry.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-25:/commentary/2561254</id>
    <updated>2008-07-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Florida Photonics Cluster </name>
    </author>
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A vote is expected in the Senate as early as next Tuesday July 29, on S. 3335 the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008. This Act includes 8-yr extensions of the commercial and residential solar ITC, allows the credit ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://floridaphotonicscluster.blogspot.com/2008/07/message-from-solar-energy-industry.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Call Senators today for upcoming vote on critical Solar Fed ITC ...</title>
    <link href="http://blog.heliopower.com/2008/07/call-senators-today-for-upcoming-vote/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/commentary/2645741</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Helio </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Senator Baucus has introduced new energy and tax extenders legislation, S. 3335, retains the same provisions for solar (8-year ITC for commercial and residential; increases cap for residential to $4000 and eliminates utility exemption). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.heliopower.com/2008/07/call-senators-today-for-upcoming-vote/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Call Senators today for upcoming vote on critical Solar Fed ITC ...</title>
    <link href="http://heliopower.blogspot.com/2008/07/call-senators-today-for-upcoming-vote.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/commentary/2555507</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Helio: Energy Solutions. Engineered. </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Senator Baucus has introduced new energy and tax extenders legislation, S. 3335, retains the same provisions for solar (8-year ITC for commercial and residential; increases cap for residential to $4000 and eliminates utility exemption). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://heliopower.blogspot.com/2008/07/call-senators-today-for-upcoming-vote.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>S. 3335, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3335.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/commentary/2557379</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc... </name>
    </author>
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S. 3335 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3335.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Action: Introduced: S. 3335: A bill to amend the Internal ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-3335" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/commentary/2555506</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Active Legislation -- Tracked by GovTrack.us </name>
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Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT] introduced S. 3335: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-3335&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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