E&E Daily E&E Daily http://www.eedaily.com The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 CONGRESS: Bucking trend, Senate takes lead -- and momentum -- on big bills From its creation, the Senate has been the guard against the "fickleness and passion" of the House, as James Madison once described it, holding back while the House moved more quickly on large bills. In recent history, the Senate has been almost a "graveyard" for House-passed legislation, said Sarah Binder, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who studies Congress. But in this Congress, it has been the Senate taking a leading role in two of the largest bills -- transportation reauthorization and the farm bill -- while the House has hung back. While it's "not unprecedented," Binder said, it is unusual. SPOTLIGHT Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/1 RENEWABLE ENERGY: Wyden looks ahead to chairmanship, vows review of clean-power programs If Democrats retain control of the Senate in November, the would-be chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee promised yesterday to launch a "top to bottom" review of government… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/2 BUDGET: Senate set to vote down GOP spending plans, including one to kill DOE Five GOP budget proposals for the next fiscal year, including one that mirrors the White House fiscal blueprint and another that would kill off the Energy Department, are expected to… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/3 NATURAL RESOURCES: House panel threatens to subpoena 3 agency chiefs, but how far will it go? House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) is threatening to subpoena leaders of three Obama administration agencies if they refuse to turn over documents in connection to a forthcoming coal… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/4 URANIUM: Funding concerns loom over DOE, USEC deal The Obama administration may have appeased Kentucky Republican lawmakers yesterday by announcing a deal to extend the life of a beleaguered uranium enrichment plant in their home state, but a… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/5 PUBLIC LANDS: House bill would streamline grazing, logging to reduce wildfire risks An Arizona Republican yesterday introduced a bill that would streamline approval of logging and grazing projects to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. Rep. Paul Gosar's (R-Ariz.) bill, which carries… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/6 TAX POLICY: PTC backers see growing chance for pre-election extension vote When House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said yesterday that he wants a vote before the election aimed at avoiding the "largest tax increase in American history" looming at year's end,… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/7 TRANSPORTATION: Boxer says negotiations moving to 'substance,' indicates flexibility on pipeline Negotiations on the transportation bill are past the early stages and are shifting to the "substance of the bill," Sen. Barbara Boxer said yesterday. In a news conference, the California… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/8 AGRICULTURE: Calif. Democrats urge more funding for organic farming, local food More than 30 Democratic representatives from the nation's most productive farm state yesterday urged House agricultural leaders to increase funding for programs supporting local food and organic farmers and to… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/9 CHEMICALS: Moms, cancer survivors head to Capitol Hill to urge toxic reg reform The stroller brigades are coming. Next Tuesday, hundreds of nurses, mothers and cancer survivors are set to descend on Capitol Hill to call for stronger regulation of chemicals -- the… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/10 ENERGY POLICY: Senate approves Ex-Im Bank reauthorization after beating back Vitter energy amendment The Senate yesterday reauthorized the charter of the Export-Import Bank after voting down an amendment that would have limited its ability to support international energy projects. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/11 OIL AND GAS: Opponents launch new attack as debate over the Law of the Sea treaty picks up As the Senate prepares to begin debating the long-stalled Law of the Sea treaty, opponents are marshaling new arguments to undermine one of the chief claims of the pact's supporters:… ON THE HILL Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/12 CAMPAIGN 2012: GOP front-runner loses Neb. Senate primary Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer claimed her state's GOP Senate nomination in an upset victory last night, defeating establishment favorite and state Attorney General Jon Bruning after her campaign surged… POLITICS Wed May 16 09:00:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2012/05/16/13