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<title>S. 3081, A bill to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3081.html</link>
<description> S. 3081 would establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice....
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3044, The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3044.html</link>
<description> S. 3044 would provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices....
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6074, The Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6074.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6074 would amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal and for other purposes....
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6009, The Affordable Fuel for Consumers Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6009.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6009 would leverage market forces to bring greater efficiency and capacity to domestic refineries, and it would bring new sources of domestic energy to market....
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2991, The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2991.html</link>
<description> S. 2991 would provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices....
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2976, The OPEC Accountability Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2976.html</link>
<description> S. 2976 would require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries....
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2964, The OPEC Accountability Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2964.html</link>
<description> S. 2964 would require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510888.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510888.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2950, The Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2950.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2950 would reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200506387.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200506387.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2264, To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal - Cost per Average Family: $0.02</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2264.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2264 would amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal....
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 875, The SAFE Energy Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_875.html</link>
<description> S. 875 would improve energy security of the United States through a 50 percent reduction in the oil intensity of the economy of the United States by 2030 and the prudent expansion of secure oil supplies, to be achieved by raising the fuel efficiency of the vehicular transportation fleet, increasing the availability of alternative fuel sources, fostering responsible oil exploration and production, and improving international arrangements to secure the global oil supply....
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 879, The No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.02</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_879.html</link>
<description> S. 879 would amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal....
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1500, The Gasoline Price Stabilization Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1500.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1500 would provide for the stabilization of prices for gasoline....
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 767, The Fuel Economy Reform Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_767.html</link>
<description> S. 767 would increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes....
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 768, The Fuel Economy Reform Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_768.html</link>
<description> S. 768 would increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes....
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1050, The A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1050.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1050 would establish a living wage, jobs-for-all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories....
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 473, The Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_473.html</link>
<description> S. 473 would improve the prohibitions on money laundering....
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 162, The National Fuels Initiative</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_162.html</link>
<description> S. 162 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the alcohol credit and the alternative fuel credit, it would amend the Clean Air Act to promote the installation of fuel pumps for E-85 fuel, and it would amend title 49 of the United States Code to require the manufacture of dual fueled automobiles....
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-140, The CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $5.15</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-140.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6 would reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200501248.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200501248.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2557, The Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $0.09</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_2557.html</link>
<description> S. 2557 would prohibit individual firms from limiting supplies of petroleum and natural gas products with the intent of increasing prices or creating shortages in the market. The bill also would seek to prohibit foreign states from working collectively to limit the production, set the price, or otherwise restrain the trading of petroleum and natural gas when such actions affect U.S. markets. Under the bill, foreign states that restrain trade in petroleum and natural gas would not be immune - und...
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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