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Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Dec. 23, 2004
Report Number IB10116
Authors Robert Bamberger, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The omnibus energy bill, H.R. 6, became stalled when a cloture motion to limit debate on the bill failed (57-40) in the Senate on November 21, 2003. Prior to the vote, Senate Majority Leader Frist indicated to the Senate that the legislation would not be remanded for further negotiation, nor would the majority bring individual sections of the bill to the floor for separate consideration. After the vote, he indicated that another vote on cloture would be scheduled in the days before Thanksgiving. However, on November 24, 2003, leadership staff indicated that negotiations to craft a compromise had been unsuccessful, and that the bill would receive no further attention during the First Session. Efforts to secure two more votes for the bill have been ongoing, but the outcome for H.R. 6, or individual titles, remains unclear. Some have urged that the bill be broken up so that less controversial provisions can be enacted. However, some argue that separate treatment of certain titles would jeopardize already fragile coalitions and balances that have been struck to get an omnibus bill passed. To date, the leadership has suggested that breaking apart the bill is not an acceptable alternative.