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Top House Republicans Wednesday unveiled a comprehensive energy reform agenda aimed at increasing all forms of domestic energy. They took shots at the Democratic leadership, claiming that not only has the party done little to alleviate energy prices, they have made them worse.

Three of Colorado’s Democratic lawmakers introduced federal legislation Thursday to increase the amount of acreage on the Roan Plateau that would be off-limits to energy development.

Three of Colorado’s Democratic lawmakers introduced federal legislation Thursday to increase the amount of acreage on the Roan Plateau that would be off-limits to energy development.

The House last Wednesday passed by a wide margin Democratic legislation that would extend tax breaks for renewable energy and energy efficiency at the expense of oil and natural gas producers.

The House Wednesday passed by a wide margin Democratic legislation that would extend tax breaks for renewable energy and energy conservation at the expense of oil and natural gas producers.

House Democratic leaders are considering resurrecting as early as this week a failed $21 billion energy tax package to fund renewable energy by rolling back tax incentives for traditional oil and natural gas.

A letter sent to more than 160,000 Utah residents earlier this month indirectly links New York Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey to “hostile foreign nations” for Hinchey’s support of the Red Rock Wilderness Act, a bill to designate 9.4 million acres of public land in Utah as wilderness.

A letter sent to more than 160,000 Utah residents in the past week indirectly links New York Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey to “hostile foreign nations” for Hinchey’s support of the Red Rock Wilderness Act, a bill to designate 9.4 million acres of public land in Utah as wilderness.

Speedy passage of a slimmed-down Senate energy bill seemed all but assured Thursday night after Democratic leaders agreed to scrap the controversial $21.8 billion tax package that Senate Republicans and President Bush opposed.