The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping, bipartisan energy bill, bringing the Congress to the critical, do-or-die point of trying to reconcile the widely divergent House and Senate versions of the energy measure. Congress has failed at this task twice in recent years.
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Bingaman Says President Has Power to Cut Energy Prices Now, Without Legislation
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) in a letter to the White House Wednesday outlined “13 specific steps” that President Bush could take using his existing authority to cut high-flying prices for natural gas and gasoline.
March 26, 2004
House-Senate Negotiators Down to the Wire on Energy Bill Report
Rep. W.J. “Billy” Tauzin (R-LA), who is leading the effort to reconcile the Senate and House energy bills, said last Tuesday he expects congressional negotiators to issue a conference report on omnibus energy legislation within two weeks, but others — such as chief Senate negotiator, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) — think the projection may be overly optimistic. Bingaman said while he hoped the conference report can be finished before Congress recesses next month, “I don’t want to be held to two weeks.”
September 30, 2002
Tauzin: House-Senate Negotiators Nearing End on Energy Bill Report
Rep. W.J. “Billy” Tauzin (R-LA), who is leading the effort to reconcile the Senate and House energy bills, said Tuesday congressional negotiators expect to issue a conference report on omnibus energy legislation within two weeks. But the chief Senate negotiator, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), said while he hoped the conference report can be finished before Congress recesses next month, “I don’t want to be held to two weeks.”
September 25, 2002
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