Tag: Maria Cantwell

Wildfires burned up 9.4 million acres and cost taxpayers about $4.2 billion this year.Â (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Energy and Environment

Senators burning for big fixes to wildfire problems

Kyle Feldscher · November 17, 2015 8:04 pm

If Harry Reid and his collaborators were truly interested in comprehensive reform of an outdated and growth killing federal tax code, they would shun these political games that pick winners and losers in the free market. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Democrats’ energy ‘innovation’ plan a throwback to discredited policies

David Williams · November 5, 2015 5:01 am

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., will propose a bill to counter the Republican agenda that seeks to boost oil production and delay climate change regulations for power plants. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Reid to offer ‘Democratic vision for a cleaner energy future’

John Siciliano · September 21, 2015 8:28 pm

Will Dems filibuster the Iran deal?

Susan Ferrechio · September 9, 2015 4:01 am

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, with Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, hold a news conference about Alaska's energy future, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Senate panel advances broad energy bill

Zack Colman · July 30, 2015 5:22 pm

The letter is a setback forÂ Sens. LisaÂ Murkowski, R-Alaska., (pictured above) and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who negotiated the 357-page bill over several months with input from other lawmakers and several hearings.Â Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Green groups opposing Senate energy bill

Zack Colman · July 27, 2015 10:33 pm

Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank Fred Hochberg testifies on the Export-Import bank's reauthorization request, and the governments role in export financing, at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Fears over letting Ex-Im Bank’s charter die, even temporarily

Joseph Lawler · June 4, 2015 9:00 am

After years of calling on both parties to work together, Obama might be about to watch as bipartisanship sinks his trade agenda. (iStock)

Obama’s new enemy on trade: Bipartisanship

Susan Ferrechio · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

"I think it's important for the GOP to say, 'Ex-Im is not fair. This is about political connections, not merit. This prevents people from using their God-given talents to rise up the ladder of success,'" Jeb Hensarling said

Clock winds down on Export-Import Bank

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 4:01 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Boehner throws cold water on Senate Ex-Im Bank deal

Susan Ferrechio · May 21, 2015 5:03 pm

Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, who represents Washington and thus Boeing, just won a guarantee of a vote in June on reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that subsidizes U.S. exports, primarily Boeing jets. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

To pass trade bill, Washington senators win June vote on Ex-Im Bank

Timothy P. Carney · May 21, 2015 3:52 pm

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, to discuss crude oil rail transport legislation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Senate Dem bill to take shot at federal coal-mining program

Zack Colman · May 13, 2015 6:19 pm