From Tim Johnson's office:
U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) announced his support today for the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007that passed the full Senate late last night. Johnson cosponsored the bill this legislation was modeled on, the Biofuels Security Act of 2007, earlier this Congress. As a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Johnson and his staff have been in close consultation with Senator Jeff Bingaman, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, on drafting the new energy bill.
“I’ve worked with Chairman Bingaman to ensure that federal policy advances renewable fuels, and this bill will increase the availability of renewable fuels in the coming years,” Johnson said. “We made great strides in this bipartisan bill. This legislation will not only help our nation become more energy independent, but it will advance existing and new efforts to produce energy in South Dakota.”
On the other hand, here's National Review's Ian Murray:
In a disastrous move, the Senate passed the bill to make energy and just about everything else less affordable last night, 65-27. It avoided the worst proposed excesses, the $28 billion tax hike and an increased mandate for expensive, inefficient renewable power, but includes a 36 billion gallons mandate for miracle fuels that don't exist yet, new efficiency standards for appliances, etc., much higher CAFÉ standards but no automatic increases after 2020, and criminalizes “unconscionably excessive” gasoline prices. The result will be much higher prices for gasoline, appliances and less-safe autos, but not (for now) for electricity.
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