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As President Barack Obama thrashes Republicans for allowing “special interest takeovers of our elections,” his Democratic Party is benefiting from millions of campaign dollars brought in by lobbyists.

House Democrats investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill warned BP Plc against suppressing scientific analysis by its consultants.

House Lawmakers Raise Concerns On Higher Ethanol-Fuel Content

There is a chance build on the rubble of the Senate's failure to cap carbon emissions, says Eric Pooley Following the rocky path of climate legislation in the U.S. Congress these past years brought me back to the 1980s, and my time as a crime reporter in New York City. After a shooting in those days, a homicide detective named Marty Davin would go to the hospital and intercept the gunshot victim ...

Washington, D.C. — Leaders of a key House committee are raising concerns with the Obama administration about increasing the limit on the amount of ethanol that can be added to gasoline.

UPDATE 2-TransCanada profit down; sees Keystone approvals

Although many climate advocates have turned their hopes to slipping cap and trade into a House and Senate conference bill aft...

WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in support of two pieces of legislation in response to the disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The two bills on the floor are the: Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act (CLEAR Act) http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/legislation?id=0399 and ...

EPA Urges House To Pass Bill On Chemicals Regulation

EPA Urges House To Pass Bill On Toxic Substances Control