... on which House members have taken a brave stand. He is fortunate that, unlike Clinton's typical predicament, his energy tax is not tied to an essential budget package. Obama can afford to let the climate bill stand as passed by the House ...

... Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has said she wants to take up the measure in the full House this summer. "The national energy tax imposed by Speaker Pelosi's climate change bill would double electric bills here in Indiana, working a severe hardship ...

... than Obama's plans. And he criticized Democratic efforts to pass an energy bill that he described as "a national energy tax," which passed the House Friday. He singled out proposed health care changes as a job killer. "It's about to get ...

... to increase the $10 billion originally ticketed for energy tax breaks, although the final total remained unclear ... of alternative energy sources such as wind power. The energy tax provisions make up a small part of a massive economic ...

... energy production and promote energy efficiency, including making it easier for money-losing companies to benefit from energy tax credits. Makes tax credits for energy-efficient homes more generous. SPENDING Aid to the poor and unemployed $40 ...

... up to nearly $10 million. "Many of us were co-sponsors of the penny reduction in sales tax on groceries and the energy tax on electricity, I know all those things. ... When did this clear up enough that he could go ahead and sign those ...

... Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio called EPA's move toward regulation "a backdoor attempt to enact a national energy tax that will have a crushing impact on consumers, jobs and our economy." But environmentalists called the EPA action ...

... could qualify for $254 million, the report said. The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on energy tax credits Thursday, and the issue is sure to come up. A bill from Baucus could come as early as this week. Some environmental ...

... legislation on Tuesday. GOP lawmakers have criticized the "cap-and-trade" portion of the measure, calling it a massive energy tax because it will put a price on carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. But Obama defended it, saying ...

... than 200 pages, until he got to a reference about a Jacuzzi. That was enough, he said, calling the legislation an energy tax and a power grab for the Energy Department. Both men settled comfortably back into the camera-hogging, hyperbolic ...