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    This page contains bills sponsored by incumbent Senators who are running for re-election in 2008, plus House incumbents running for Senate in 2008. Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on. These bills are selected as the "signature issue" that each legislator focused on.

08-S3240 on Jul 10, 2008

The Secretary of Energy shall conduct an analysis of all policies of the Federal Government (including mandates, subsidies, tariffs, and tax policy) that encourage, or have the potential to encourage, energy production in the United States; with recommendations to reduce:
  • the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy;
  • the quantity of air pollutants in the environment;
  • greenhouse gas emissions; and
  • the cost of energy.
Every 4 years, the President shall develop an energy security strategy that proposes comprehensive and long-range energy policies for the United States to reduce:
  1. the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy;
  2. the quantity of air pollutants in the environment;
  3. greenhouse gas emissions; and
  4. the cost of energy.
Every 4 years, the President shall describes the latest energy security strategy, including:
  1. an estimate of the domestic and foreign energy supplies needed to meet the projected energy demand of the United States; and
  2. a summary of research and development efforts funded by the Federal Government to achieve the strategy.


    Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18.
  • Topic: Energy & Oil
  • Headline: Establish energy security strategy with domestic production (Score: -2)
  • Headline 2: Establish energy security strategy with domestic production (Score: -2)
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred



Democrats participating in 08-S3240



Republicans participating in 08-S3240

Lamar Alexander s2oTN Republican Jr Senator
Wayne Allard s2oCO Republican Jr Senator
John Barrasso s2oWY Republican Appointee
Richard Burr s2oNC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Thad Cochran s2oMS Republican Sr Senator
Jeff Sessions s1iAL Republican Sr Senator



Independents participating in 08-S3240



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 0
Republicans: 6
Independents: 0

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