Energy bill unlikely to pass before November election

Washington (Platts)--14Jun2004

Congress will pass a comprehensive energy policy, but it might not happen
before the November general election, Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) said today.
Speaking to the American Nuclear Society's annual conference in Pittsburgh via
a pre-recorded video message, Craig said the rise of gasoline prices has added
to the mounting pressure that legislators need to act. Craig had been one of
the featured speakers at the conference but had to cancel due to changes in
the legislative agenda due to the recent death of former President Ronald
Reagan. The Idaho senator said he needed to be on the Senate floor today to
work on the fiscal 2005 Department of Defense authorization bill, which
contains a provision affecting DOE waste disposal. He said there would be
initiatives in the energy policy benefiting nuclear and that a centerpiece
would be his proposal to build an advanced reactor in Idaho capable of
cogenerating hydrogen.

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