Thursday, June 25, 2009
What is Congress doing to help meet our energy needs?
After 12 weeks of consideration and 20 formal hearings, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to pass The American Clean Energy Leadership Act (ACELA) out of committee and recommend it for consideration to the full senate. The next step for the legislation is debate by the full senate, which will hopefully take place later this summer.
The bill would do the following:
Alternatively, you can read a full summary detailing the provisions of the legislation.