December 23, 2024

U.S. Congress – Senate (U.S. Senate)

The White House
Senate Democrats OK $3.5T Spending Package After Bipartisan Accord on Infrastructure
The Senate approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in a rare display of bipartisanship that dissolved as Democrats began work on a larger spending package.
The White House
Senate OKs Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
The Senate approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in a rare display of bipartisanship that dissolved as Democrats began work on a larger spending package.
NREL
DOI Nominee Fields Tough GOP Questions at Senate Hearing
Senate Energy Republicans grilled Cynthia Weiner Stachelberg, nominee for assistant secretary at the Interior Department, on tree spiking and gun control.
C-SPAN
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Offers Funding for Grid, EVs
The Senate began debating a bipartisan infrastructure bill that would fund grid improvements, alternative vehicle fueling and supports for nuclear plants.
POWER
Webinar Participants Warn Against Fading Memories, Complacency in Cold Weather Prep
Texas utility representatives warned that efforts to avert future extreme weather crises could falter as memories of February's cold snap fade.
DOE
DOE: Building Codes Key to Net-zero Economy
Updating building codes is “one of the easiest things we can do" to reduce emissions, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at a DOE conference.
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Committee Deadlocks on Biden Pick to Head BLM
Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to head BLM has become a flashpoint, based on GOP claims that she lied about her involvement in a tree-spiking incident.
Duke Energy
Slimmed-down DOE Budget Wins House Subcommittee Vote
DOE had its 2022 budget request trimmed down by $1.1 billion by the House Appropriations Committee’s Energy and Water Development Subcommittee.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Overheard: Buttigieg on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke online with Bipartisan Policy Center President Jason Grumet about the recent bipartisan infrastructure deal.
Colonial Pipeline
King, Mandia Warn of ‘Unlimited’ Cyber Dangers
The U.S. remains vulnerable to cyberattacks from both state actors and criminals acting with foreign governments' blessings, participants warned in a webinar.

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