Energy gap: Elections stir up decades-old oil dependence debate

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Energy independence has continued to be an issue for debate since many times, and especially in the election years. Al Gore made alternative fuels and global warming part of his unsuccessful 2000 run for the presidency, and in June 2006, Senator John Kerry called for two national energy independence goals, reducing the US oil consumption in the next ten years by 2.5 million barrels a day, and shifting to 30 percent biofuels by 2020, and above all, with the approaching congressional and presidential elections, energy independence is re-emerging as a political issue each party hopes to exploit.

Government domestic functions, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Foreign trade, PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, Petroleum, Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing, Petroleum & Energy Products, Forecasts and trends, International trade, Energy policy, Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Energy consumption

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Action in Congress: New moves on death benefits; spousal consent needed? Enrollment fees out for vets....

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The House has passed a measure wherein the fiscal 2005 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act increased the lump-sum death gratuity, paid to next of kin, from $12,400 to $100,000. The House agreed to require spousal content, but declined to allow amendments and passed the spousal consent requirement within the war supplemental.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Personnel administration, Legal/Government Regulation, Guided Missiles, Space Vehicles, Parts, Laws, regulations and rules, Compensation and benefits, Defense industry, Defence industry, Military wives, Military spouses

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