Flawed Energy Bill Meets Bipartisan Opposition

News and Opinion for Democrats Against Bush -- Part II

Flawed Energy Bill Meets Bipartisan Opposition

"The House easily passed the massive energy bill last Tuesday, but when it came to the Senate a coalition of Democrats and Republicans, for different reasons, joined in blocking further action."

MSNBC.com

Senate gives up on ’03 energy bill Bipartisan opposition stymies measure’s passage

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The complete story is currently (3/29/04) available on the MSNBC website at-- http://www.msnbc.com/news/993612.asp [This link was found through a Google search by article title on the same date]

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 — The Senate dropped efforts Monday to pass energy legislation this year after repeated attempts failed to find the two additional votes needed to push the bill through Congress. ...

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