An Alaskan Abroad (Free subscription) | yesterday
Members of the U.S. House are headed home tonight for the weekend, but the Senate is in session tomorrow -- and maybe Saturday. Republicans are still fighting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over amendments to his oil speculation bill....
An Alaskan Abroad (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., just put out his energy plan amendment to Sen. Harry Reid's speculation bill. The plan, as I mentioned the other day, includes a lot of Alaska stuff, including expedited leasing...
An Alaskan Abroad (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
I went to bed before the final vote in the House on the TransCanada proposal, but I see it passed pretty close to the margin we expected it to. I was being told it would pass 25 to 1. The...
SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Tim Plaehn submits: USDA_DOE_biofuels_letter_61208.pdf (application/pdf Object) . The link above is the Department of Energy’s response to several questions concerning biofuels' impact on food and energy prices. The questions are from Senator Jeff Bingaman , Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The 16 page report is in question-and-answer form and here are some selected...
An Alaskan Abroad (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., again brought up drilling off the southeast coast of Alaska in response to Republican demands for increased domestic oil production. Bingaman has yet to release details of his plan, so...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The Senate voted Tuesday to move ahead with a Democratic plan to curb speculation in oil markets that has been blamed for some of the recent run-up in oil prices. The rapid increases in oil prices have coincided with big rises in trading on oil future markets and investment in oil by pension and hedge funds.
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The Senate voted Tuesday to move ahead with a Democratic plan to curb speculation in oil markets that has been blamed for some of the recent run-up in oil prices. The rapid increases in oil prices have coincided with big rises in trading on oil future markets and investment in oil by pension and hedge funds.
Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 22, 2008 - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. has expressed gratitude to US Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico for their strong support for maintaining vital satellite communication services for the Navajo people, currently threatened with a July 22 shutdown unless the federal government steps in.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. today expressed gratitude to US Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico for their strong support for
Parkway Rest Stop (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Question: What do these people have in common? Democrat Senators Evan Bayh of Indiana and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Congressional Representatives. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Rush Holt of New Jersey, Nita Lowey of New York, and Howard Berman, Susan Davis, George Miller, and Henry Waxman, all of California, Republican Senators. Robert Bennett of [...]
Nudge blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Mark Iwry and David John of the Retirement Security Project testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging today about the benefits of automatic enrollment in retirement plans. CQ Politics says the idea is gaining momentum in Congress. Sens. Jeff Bingaman (Democrat-New Mexico) and Gordon Smith (Republican-Oregon) have sponsored a proposal (aka. the Nudge bill) to [...]
Domestic Fuel (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Ethanol has become the key issue in the race for the governor’s mansion in Missouri, as the two main Republican contenders square off over the state’s new ethanol mandate. Sarah Steelman, who is also the State Treasurer, has now switched her position to opposing Missouri’s mandate that requires that practically every gallon of gasoline sold in [...]
US News (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
One of the benefits of being a member of Congress is lavish trips, sometimes on the taxpayers' dime.
NDN (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
As part of NDN's new series of Green Project events that discuss climate change, energy prices, and the "Third Oil Shock" on the American and global economies, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman addressed the NDN community on these issues last Wednesday morning. Here's video footage if you missed it: Senator Bingaman's full remarks are also available - Click here for the transcript...
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
By Sean Casten Lieberman-Warner had many , many , many , many , many problems. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) has just done a bit of musing ($ub. req'd) on what the next effort ought to look like; he has done a rather eloquent job outlining the problems with Lieberman-Warner and suggesting what lessons we ought to take from its failure as we advance to a better model. From Restructuring Today : The Lieberman-Warner...
