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Blog Entries for Wednesday, July 23
Democrats Shut The Legislative Door
Just as Democrats did in the House in June, Democrats in the Senate have indefinitely postponed committee work on a bill that has been used to routinely block new oil and gas exploration offshore. The Senate Appropriations Committee was to have dealt with the underlying Interior budget bill on Wednesday, ...
Roberts Rules Of Energy
As I expected, we have quickly reached the point in the debate on Energy in the U.S. Senate where you need to be a parliamentary expert to know exactly what's going on. The bottom line is this: GRIDLOCK. With both sides talking past each other, Democrats didn't waste any time ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, July 22
The Feds Move On Oil Shale
Gridlock in the Congress over energy policy may actually benefit those who want to expand the push for domestic resources in the US - a good example of that is oil shale. Last year, Democrats inserted a provision in a budget bill that prohibits the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ...
Senate Bogs Down On Energy
Debate in the Senate so far this week is going just the way I figured, as we will soon reach a point where both sides point fingers and blame the other for high oil and gas prices, and get nothing done in the process. I hope I'm wrong. I hope ...
Another Vote For Energy Inaction
I can tell that a lot of Americans are aggravated by high oil and gasoline prices, because I'm hearing from them, and they are shooting the messenger who is telling them that Congress keeps drifting further from the utopia of a deal on energy legislation. Last week I got condemned ...
Blog Entries for Monday, July 21
The Senate Stumbles/Advances on Energy
We may get an idea today where we are heading on a bill from Democrats in the Senate designed to rein in speculators in energy trading markets. Then again, we might get the legislative equivalent of the old Four Corners in college hoops. The Senate is set for a test ...
From Oil Man to Wind Man
It was about five weeks ago that Texas Oilman T. Boone Pickens hit Capitol Hill with his message that it's time to invest in renewable energy sources. Today, he's back before a Senate committee, ready again to talk up his windfarm plans. Pickens was blunt last month when asked how ...
McCain Stays Domestic
While Barack Obama continues his overseas trip today, John McCain stumps again in New England, as he returns to New Hampshire, the state that pumped new life into his struggling candidacy for the White House back in January. While McCain has been jabbing at Obama over his views on Iraq ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, July 20
A Different Kind of July
I love July for many reasons. The heat and humidity. Long summer days. Time outside with the kids. Golf. And lots of work on pork barrel spending bills in the Congress. But for the second time in three years, this July is different again. It's a drought. A drought in ...
Congress - Two Weeks of Work
If there is going to be a deal on legislation dealing with high oil and gas prices, then lawmakers are going to have to work fast, because Summer Vacation begins on or about Friday August 1st in the Congress. As most of us know, there is nothing like a deadline ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, July 17
When Does Congress Act on Gas Prices?
Over the past two months, I have repeatedly said that $4/gallon gasoline wasn't high enough to force a political deal on energy in the Congress. Some listeners though hear me saying something else. "I think I heard you say to Herman today that gas prices are not high enough yet ...
Where Is Congress On Gas Prices
We had action in both the House and Senate this week on high energy prices, but it's still hard to tell if it is going to produce a broad bipartisan deal or just a long of election year finger pointing. For the second time this summer, the House sidetracked a ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, July 16
Not Afraid To Say No Thanks
Congressional Republicans have already made up their minds about how they are going to act the rest of this election year. If they need to throw President Bush under the bus, they will. That was evident earlier this week, when the House and Senate easily overrode Mr. Bush's veto of ...
When To Pull The VP Trigger
The power of Matt Drudge was on display again on Wednesday, as a photo of Mitt Romney and links to a story about him being on John McCain's VP list set tongues wagging and cable TV nets looking for Running Mate News. "Who do you think he's going to pick?" ...
Congress Starts Work On Energy
Ignoring calls from Republicans and President Bush to open more areas to drilling, Democrats bring up energy bills in the House and Senate today that are sure to provoke some bitter election year exchanges. The House will vote today on a bill that instructs the Bureau of Land Management to ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, July 15
A Plea For Energy Cooperation
We've reached the point in the political debate about energy issues where a bipartisan group of elder statesmen has now decided to get involved, sending a letter to both parties asking for some sanity in the debate on high oil and gas prices. I will try not to make any ...
A Missing Campaign Issue
Playing golf yesterday, I got paired up with a guy who just happened to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, so I made a point of asking a few questions along the way about what's going on at the Pentagon in this election year. When asked what the feeling ...
Looking To Avoid The Perfect Storm
If you told me that a President nearing the end of his second term had bad poll numbers, an unpopular war, major financial market troubles, difficulties with the economy and more, I would say that President's party would be in big trouble come November. But is there a way for ...
Blog Entries for Monday, July 14
A High Profile Economic Update
Most of the news focus today in the Congress will be on the Senate Banking Committee, as it first gets an update on the economy from the Federal Reserve Chairman and then a review of the Mortgage Crisis from the Treasury Secretary. Throw in high oil and gas prices, and ...
More Energy Maneuvering
As President Bush walked into the Rose Garden on Monday to announce that he was lifting the executive ban on new oil and gas exploration offshore, for a fleeting moment I thought maybe I was watching a big change on energy issues. And then I listened to top Senate Democrats ...
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