| This vote was on passage of the Senate energy bill (H.R. 6). The legislation would repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act, which provides important consumer protection to electricity ratepayers; authorize incentives and subsidies for new nuclear power plants; and provide tax breaks to the coal, oil, and gas industries. The bill fails to promote energy independence through improving car and SUV fuel economy standards and requiring a percentage of energy generation from renewable energy sources. Passed: 84 Yea to 14 Nay. |