U.S. Senator for Colorado. The Production Tax Credit for wind has helped attract clean energy businesses to invest in the United States, including Vestas, which created almost 2,000 jobs in Colorado.
But this important investment in clean energy jobs is set to expire at the end of this year. Congress’ inaction has disrupted the wind energy industry, creating a level of uncertainty that is bad for business. White House reiterates threat to veto defense bill. Egypt warns U.S. on attaching conditions to military aid. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr warned about the consequences of such a move during meetings this week with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Leon E.
Panetta and White House officials. “We called on them to intervene,” said a senior Egyptian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss diplomatic exchanges. Those U.S. officials “know the value of the partnership between the United States and Egypt and how much such conditions and language would be detrimental to future cooperation.” Senate wrangling threatens transport shutdowns. Bank Funded Senator Blocking CFPB Nominee. Graham Attempting to Force Feed Senate Anti-NLRB Bill. Labor Unions are furiously trying to quash a stealthy maneuver aimed at preventing the National Labor Relations Board from pursuing its suit against Boeing for moving a production line from Washington state to South Carolina.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has been leading the charge against the NLRB ever since the agency slapped Boeing with a suit earlier this year charging the defense giant with illegally retaliating against union workers in Washington state by moving a factory to South Carolina, a right-to-work state. During a Wednesday Appropriations Committee hearing, the South Carolina senator will attempt to add language to a bill funding the NLRB that would stop the suit against Boeing dead in its tracks, according to a report in Politico. The Democrats control the majority in the Senate so normally this advantage would prevent this type of move, but the Appropriations Committee is narrowly divided 16-14, and already one Democrat, Sen.