More than 350 bills were introduced in Congress on its first day yesterday. At that rate, we’ll easily rocket past 10,000 bills, and past the last Congress’ record of over 11,000 bills. (And of course that rate won’t actually continue.)
We’ll be adding the new bills to the database throughout the day, but what [...]
A little over a month ago, I wrote here about the debate on oil speculation.
One of the commenters on S. 3268, The Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008 had pointed to a Web site called Stop Oil Speculation Now. I speculated (ahem) that this commenter might be a spinmeister for that campaign.
Whatever the [...]
I wrote about the campaigning on S. 3268, the Stop Energy Speculation Act of 2008, here a few days ago.
The debate has taken a new twist as Republicans have pushed to expand domestic oil production as the preferred way of controlling energy prices.
Well, the World Wildlife Fund wants you to know that [...]
We’re back on energy issues, with the introduction of a bill to solve every last problem with one fell swoop. And we’ll all get a pony.
According to its statement of intent, H.R. 6529 would “greatly enhance the Nation’s environmental, energy, economic, and national security by terminating long-standing Federal prohibitions on the domestic production of [...]