2024 American Energy Scorecard Senate Results

This week, the American Energy Alliance released its 2024 American Energy Scorecard for the United States Senate. The AEA scorecard scores voting and co-sponsorship decisions on legislation affecting energy policy in order to educate voters on how their representatives vote and hold members accountable for their voting records. This year’s scorecard compiles 27 votes from […]

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Correction to the American Energy Scorecard

WASHINGTON DC (9/10/24) – Last week, the American Energy Alliance released our 2024 American Energy Scorecard. We have since discovered that a tabulation error occurred in both the calculations regarding H.J.Res.27, a joint resolution rejecting an expanded definition of “Waters of the United States” under federal law, and the six-year scores for the Senators’ full […]

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Key Vote NO on Judy Chang Nomination

The American Energy Alliance opposes the nomination of Judy Chang for a seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Chang has a long history of public opposition to approval of the energy infrastructure that FERC is statutorily required to approve. She is an established advocate against FERC’s statutory mandate and this makes her an inappropriate […]

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Key Vote YES on H.R. 6285

The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 6285 Alaska’s Right to Produce Act of 2023, legislation which would affirm Congress’s clear instructions on leasing and development of energy resources in Alaska. By clear and specific legislation, Congress has directed that the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska and a portion of the Alaska Coastal Plain shall be […]

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Key Vote YES on H.R. 7176

The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 7176, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024, which would remove restrictions on approvals of exports of liquified natural gas. The restrictions targeted for repeal by H.R. 7176 are antiquated procedures left over from the days of energy scarcity. Fears that the United States was running out of natural […]

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Key Vote YES on H.R. 4468

The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 4468, the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act which would prevent the EPA from mandating certain types of vehicles. The Biden Administration has made very clear that it has a strong ideological preference for electric vehicles and wants to do everything in its power to increase electric vehicle sales. […]

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AEA Celebrates Passage of H.R. 1435

WASHINGTON DC (09/14/2023) – Today, the House passed H.R. 1435, the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act, by a vote of 222-190. H.R. 1435 prevents states like California – or any other state – from banning internal combustion vehicles. The CA waiver authority in the Clean Air Act was never intended to give regulators the […]

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Key Vote YES on H.R. 1435

The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 1435 the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act which would limit the ability of California regulators to restrict the type of vehicles that Americans can purchase. Neither the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) which established fuel economy standards, nor the Clean Air Act (CAA) which regulates vehicle tailpipe emissions gives […]

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