Month: May 2017

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Spicer walks back Trump’s gas tax comments

[E&E subscription required to read article.] President Trump’s nod toward a higher gasoline tax yesterday isn’t a silver bullet for climate change, but it could help ease a political standoff on energy taxes that’s lasted for almost 25 years, observers say…

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APPROPRIATIONS: Omnibus winners and losers

Coming in at 1,665 pages, the fiscal 2017 omnibus package that Congress hopes to clear this week could be the biggest bill lawmakers move this year. The House Rules Committee is meeting to discuss it later today, with the full House likely to vote as soon as tomorrow…

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