... presidential election. U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, was one of four Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee to vote against clean energy legislation the president backs. Government incentives to reduce carbon emissions ...

... We are going to accomplish what many people felt wouldn't happen in our lifetime," said House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., one of the main sponsors. Obama, who issued a statement hailing the measure ...

... if Congress does nothing," Hatch wrote. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has introduced legislation that would prevent the NCAA from calling a game a national championship unless it ...

... reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020 and 83 percent reduction by midcentury. It advanced from the House Energy and Commerce Committee shortly before lawmakers left Washington for their holiday break, getting only one GOP vote. House Speaker Nancy ...

... later only if private insurer reforms don't meet cost-reduction targets. It will come down to the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has eight Blue Dog members. One of them must be brought around or health care reform will be stymied ...

... cost-cutting provisions and suggested they may be incorporated into the bill next week by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Any legislation that emerges from Congress is expected to require insurance companies to issue policies to anyone ...

... to claim refunds on taxes paid up to five years ago, during profitable times. Separately, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved $2.8 billion to expand broadband communication service to underserved areas of the country.

... judge. Smith said funding won't need to be appropriated until 2011. Earlier Thursday, the Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee advanced legislation that would give more consumers the ability to temporarily "freeze" their credit reports ...

... leadership offices and committees are talking. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is expected to take a leading role. Some experts believe the issue is too complicated to try to accomplish in ...

... because that's part of their rehabilitation," Saunders said. In other business Friday, the House Insurance and Commerce Committee endorsed a bill that's expected to expand the state's ARKids First health-insurance program to cover 8,000 ...