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After months of preparation, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee began its drive yesterday toward getting major energy legislation signed into law for the first time since 2007. Staffers for Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and ranking...

ENERGY AND CLIMATE DEBATE The House and Senate are in recess for the Easter and Passover holidays, but prior to their departure, they spent much of last week debating the fiscal year 2016 budget. The House approved its fiscal year 2016 budget resolution...

Now that Washington, D.C. has largely recovered from the impact of Winter Storm Jonas, lawmakers can expect a flurry of activity to resume in the House and Senate to make up for the postponed votes, hearings, and other events that were canceled due to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats blocked planned Senate committee votes on President Donald Trump’s picks to be Health and Treasury secretaries on Tuesday, boycotting the session and demanding more information on the two nominees’ past financial behavior...

To be followed by another set from the world of zones, drones, spooks, and military posturing. The New York Times gives us our first headline: U.S. Economy Barely Grew in First Quarter The American economy slammed on the brakes in the beginning of...