Senate Energy and Natural Resources
June 1, 2009
After months of on-again, off-again markups, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee appears on the verge of passing an energy bill that makes good on Democrats’ pledge to tilt the energy balance heavily in favor of renewables.
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June 1, 2009
It’s not your father’s Senate Energy panel anymore. With former Chairman Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) retired and its jurisdictional issues driving the national debate, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee is going through rapid changes, lobbyists say, requiring a new approach to its leadership and a command of complex industries far beyond the traditional sectors.
June 1, 2009
In the summer of 2007, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined a small group of Senators to sponsor a cap-and-trade bill that aimed to find middle ground in the increasingly heated debate over global warming. Spearheaded by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and then-Republican Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), the Low Carbon Economy Act represented a good-faith effort by moderates from both parties to reduce emissions without sacrificing economic growth.
June 1, 2009
A former Democratic staffer offers the following advice for those called to the bargaining table with Bob Simon: Come prepared.
The former aide recalls Simon, the Democratic staff director for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, as a “tenacious” and “dogged” negotiator whose command of the facts wears down opposing viewpoints through attrition.
June 1, 2009
The following is a look back at the history of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
