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The House Thursday voted out Democrat-crafted energy legislation (HR 6) that is expected to face a Republican filibuster in the Senate and a potential veto by President Bush.

In his first State of the Union address to a Democrat-controlled Congress, President Bush last Tuesday called for increased domestic oil and natural gas production as the nation moves toward a greater diversification of its fuel supply.

In his first State of the Union address to a Democrat-controlled Congress, President Bush Tuesday called for increased domestic oil and natural gas production as the nation accelerates the diversification of its fuel supply to include greater amounts of renewable and alternative energy sources.

The Democrat-controlled House is expected to vote on an energy package Jan. 18 that would roll back billions of dollars in tax breaks for oil and natural gas producers, as well as recoup royalties from the faulty 1998 and 1999 deepwater leases that lacked price caps. House leaders are proposing to divert the revenues to fund alternative and renewable energy sources.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, called on state regulators to follow the example of Oregon and structure utility rates in a way that would encourage energy efficiency and the conservation of natural gas as the winter heating season approaches.

Citing the disruptive effect of the active hurricane season on the domestic energy markets, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has urged the heads of the departments of energy, interior and treasury to take immediate steps to head off a natural gas supply and price crisis this winter.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is trying to elicit support from fellow senators to get the Bush White House to reinstate the funding for oil and natural gas research and development (R&D) that it proposes to cut as part of its forthcoming budget request for fiscal year 2006.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is trying to elicit support from fellow senators to get the Bush White House to reinstate the funding for oil and natural gas research and development (R&D) that it proposes to cut as part of its forthcoming budget request for fiscal year 2006.

In a letter to FERC, Massachusetts Democrat Sens. John F. Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy said they were opposed to the Weaver’s Cove Energy planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for Fall River, MA, citing the project’s potential harmful effects and risks to the city and surrounding area.