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Although Sen. Pete Domenici “has worked hard to draft a coherent energy bill,” the stalled Senate energy measure in its current form needs to be “flushed,” Questar Corp. Chairman Keith O. Rattie said Wednesday.

The ranking energy lawmakers in the Senate and House, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), met for the first time last Thursday in their roles as committee chairmen and vowed to work out their differences with the troubled broad energy bill that’s idling away in the Senate.

The ranking energy lawmakers in the Senate and House, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), met for the first time Thursday in their roles as committee chairmen and vowed to work out their differences with the broad energy bill.

In an attempt to breathe new life into the languishing energy bill, Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM) of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee announced on Monday a new strategy in which he plans to move the $13 billion tax portion of the measure through the Senate on a separate track ahead of the rest of the legislation.

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) expressed concern last Thursday that patience is running out for the Senate to pass energy legislation in a comprehensive form.

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) expressed concern Thursday that patience may be growing short for the Senate to pass energy legislation in a comprehensive form.

Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM) of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has given up his quest to piggyback the broad energy measure on another legislative vehicle. Instead, he offered the energy measure (now S. 2095) as separate legislation Thursday.

Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM) of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week gave up his quest to piggyback the broad energy measure to another legislative vehicle. Instead, he offered the energy measure (now S. 2095) as separate legislation on Thursday.

In an effort to keep the energy bill on the front burner, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reminded gas consumers and the media what he said late last month: “I hope and pray that during the ensuing months without an energy bill we don’t have high spikes in natural gas prices and the people of our country asking: What have we done about it? Our answer is nothing. I hope that doesn’t happen. But I think there is a chance it will happen.”