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Credit Pacific Service Union In a last minute deal, the Senate resurrected its failed energy bill from last Congress--a bill that gives billions of dollars in subsidies to dirty coal and oil, and dangerous nuclear power; increases America's oil dependence; includes virtually no progress on renewable energy; and eliminates safeguards that protect consumers from Enron-like manipulations.

Once the bill fails in the Senate, it's expected that Congress will not consider another spending bill for Iraq. While it is possible Democrats could allot some money for other military needs, Iraq will be left out of the equation until Congress returns in January.

Credit First Service Union Passage of this bill sets the stage for a conference with the House-passed bill, which is even more environmentally damaging and polluting, and calls for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. With this maneuver, the Senate has cut short needed debate on America's energy future and failed to provide a responsible energy policy for the nation. The Senate neglected to adequately debate and vote on important issues such as reducing global warming pollution; closing the light truck fuel economy loophole; requiring increased use of clean, renewable energy sources; and providing consumer protections against energy market manipulation.

old federal ban on offshore drilling, the Senate passed a bill last month to let energy producers inventory the oil and gas supplies under coastal waters. The legislation' The Interior Department is required to report back to Congress on the "impediments" to restarting offshore oil and gas production.

Card Credit Mobile Service By passing this polluting energy bill today the Senate bowed to special interests and failed to adopt solutions that would reduce America's oil dependence, save consumers money and protect the environment. The Senate entrusted the nation's energy policy to a conference committee where special interests are likely to rule.

As the calendar year quickly approaches its end, Congress is rushing to finish its work on a number of tax bills under consideration. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed three tax bills on December 7, -the Stealth Tax Relief of 2005, the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 and the Tax Revision Act of 2005. The next day, 197. The latter is a $56.5 billion measure that must now go to conference with the Senate, which passed a different version of the legislation, the Tax Relief Act on November 17.

Card Credit Discover Service "The Senate failed to give Americans a responsible energy plan that reduces our dependence on oil," said Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club. "Instead, the Senate is offering Americans a bill that will threaten their health, their wallets, and their children's future.

It's no secret that energy executives enjoy a cozy relationship with the Bush administration, whose energy policy served as the basis for recent energy bills in both the House and the Senate. But Americans deserve policies that promote safe, clean and affordable energy, not policies that are a grab bag of pricey giveaways to corporate polluters. The measure Mr. Kerrey praises rightly died as Congress adjourned. Lawmakers should oppose efforts to resurrect this flawed legislation next year and instead write a bill that benefits consumers, not campaign contributors.

Credit Public Service Union "Every American deserves a safe, clean, and affordable energy future. But the Bush Administration and Congress are taking the country down the wrong path with a destructive, expensive, and polluting energy bill."

Representative John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, says that Congress should vote on the reliability provisions separately from the rest of the bill. These provisions have broad bipartisan support and would almost surely succeed on their own. Mr. Dingell's idea has been endorsed in the Senate by, among others, Maria Cantwell of Washington, who helped organize the filibuster against the larger bill. "You can't have good energy policy held hostage for bad energy policy, " Senator Cantwell says, and she is right.

Card Credit Processing Service Next stop for this bill is a conference with a House energy bill that shares the shortcomings of the Senate bill and compounds them by opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. "Americans deserve better from their elected representatives, and this bill will only get worse in conference committee. Americans should demand that Congress reject this wrong-headed energy bill," added Pope.

Center Credit Service Union "There's a better way for America. We can reduce our dependence on foreign oil with more efficient automobiles. We can cut pollution by producing more of our electricity with clean, renewable energy like wind and solar power. At the same time, we can protect our special places and ensure that corporations do their part to protect our health and safety.

Card Credit Service Wireless "This bill is a failure because it doesn't significantly reduce oil dependence or pollution," said Pope. "Congress must create a balanced plan which protects our energy future, while protecting our land, air and water at the same time."

Credit Security Service Union Sierra Club - 7/31/2003

Topic: Energy

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