As Gulf WorkContinues, Bingaman Stance Against OCS Revenue Sharing Becomes LessDefensible – Especially Since N.M. Takes Half Revenue from FederalOnshore. The Washington Times (5/17) reports, “Democratic senators from landlocked states aren't happy about a proposal to offer huge cash incentives to coastalstates willing to drill for oil and natural gas off their shores. Andenvironmentalists are aghast it's in the Senate's new climate bill. Thepotential revenue pot from leasing underwater...

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In Newspapers Coast-to-Coast, Energy Rationing Bill Continues to Get Exposed for What it is: A Job Killer

• “Will result in increased energy costs for all sectors of our economy”
• “It is a massive energy tax in disguise. … This bill will kill millions of jobs”
• "This nasty little bill promises to wreak havoc on Virginia's businesses and consumers alike while threatening thousands of jobs … It is a job killer”
• "The end result is the diminution of our standard of living and...

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New Rasmussen poll show clear opposition to the federal government rationing energy, Middle-America continues to say no Key poll excerpts:

• “Americans have mixed feelings about the climate change bill now before the Senate that will have a major impact on U.S. energy use. Forty-two percent (42%) say it will hurt the U.S. economy, while 19% say it will help.”

• “Just 18% of adults think it’s the government’s job to tell Americans what kind of light bulb they use , according to a...

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Last week marked the one-year anniversary of an historic changein our Nation's energy policy -- the July 14, 2008 lifting of the executivebranch's 18 year-old ban on responsible energy development along most ofAmerica's outer continental shelf (OSC).  Unfortunately, over a yearlater, we're no closer today to accessing our offshore energy resources than wewere last July.  That's true despite the late-September expiration ofCongress's own separate ban on responsible offshore exploration, a ban...

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House-passed national energy tax will increase electricity prices, unemployment Washington, DC – Following a narrow vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on what has been described at the ‘biggest tax in American history,’ Thomas J. Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance (AEA), issued this statement on the cap-and-trade bill’s passage: “With the amount of arm twisting, horse trading, and political favor swapping needed to force a House vote on this job-killing...
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Pending proposal will tax every single American – and their lawnmowers and hot tubs Washington, DC – In days, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on an unprecedented national energy tax that it will fundamentally alter the American way of life. While Congressman Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) has yet to state publicly where he stands on this measure, Hoosiers concerned about rising utility and energy bills should urge Donnelly to oppose this legislation. Under this cap-and-trade...
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Ohio electricity rates to sky rocket under plan pending before Congress Washington, DC – With only days remaining until the U.S. House of Representatives casts an historic up-or-down vote on one of the largest tax hikes in the history of Congress, Congressman Space has an opportunity to take a second and closer look at this measure, as recent estimates suggest Ohio families could be among the hardest hit. Under this proposal, the federal government would mandate increased use of...
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California electricity rates to increase under plan pending before Congress Washington, DC – With only days remaining until the U.S. House of Representatives casts an historic up-or-down vote on one of the largest tax hikes in the history of Congress, Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) has an opportunity to take a second and closer look at this measure, as recent estimates suggest California families could be among the hardest hit by it. Under this proposal, the federal government...
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Virginia electricity rates to sky rocket under plan pending before Congress Washington, DC – With only days remaining until the U.S. House of Representatives casts an historic up-or-down vote on one of the largest tax hikes in the history of Congress, Congressman Tom Perriello (D-Va.) has yet to state publicly where he stands on this measure – even as recent estimates suggest Virginia families could be among the hardest hit. Under this proposal, the federal government would mandate...
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Louisiana electricity rates to sky rocket under plan pending before Congress Washington, DC – With only days remaining until the U.S. House of Representatives casts an historic up-or-down vote on one of the largest tax hikes in the history of Congress, Congressman Joe Cao (R-La.) has yet to state publicly where he stands on this measure – even as recent estimates suggest Louisiana families could be among the hardest hit. Under this proposal, the federal government would mandate...
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