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May 9, 2013
In our book Clean Tech Nation, which came out late last year, Clint Wilder and I offered up a Seven-Point Action Plan for Repowering America.
May 9, 2013
In our book Clean Tech Nation, which came out late last year, Clint Wilder and I offered up a Seven-Point Action Plan for Repowering America.
May 8, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today led more than 100 of his colleagues in sending a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi urging that Fiscal Year 2014 appropriations bills not include legislative language, or “riders”, that would block efforts to reduce and prevent gun violence.
May 7, 2013
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Pete King (R-NY) today released the following statement on the growing momentum in support of the H.R. 1565, the King-Thompson bipartisan compromise to expand the current background check system to all commercial sales. The bill currently has more than 150 co-sponsors.
May 6, 2013
Dear Friend,
At the base of the Statue of Liberty there is an inscription that reads "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." This spirit of new freedoms and greater opportunities has welcomed generations of immigrant families to America, mine included.
May 2, 2013
Interest rates on some popular federal student loans are set to double in two months, a prospect that has alarmed students, parents and activists concerned about soaring student debt.
“It's ridiculous,” said Patrick Maloney, a Sonoma State University junior who is involved in California State Student Association lobbying efforts to prevent the rate increase.
“It's ridiculous,” said Patrick Maloney, a Sonoma State University junior who is involved in California State Student Association lobbying efforts to prevent the rate increase.
April 30, 2013
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Pete King (R-NY) today announced that more than 100 Representatives have co-sponsored H.R. 1565, the King-Thompson bipartisan compromise to expand the current background check system to all commercial sales. They join original co-authors Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Pat Meehan (R-PA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and Peter Defazio (D-OR).
April 24, 2013
U.S. Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT) and Chris Gibson (R-NY) today introduced bipartisan legislation in support of an "all of the above" energy approach. The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act will modify the federal tax code to make it easier and more attractive for private capital to invest in renewable energy.
Issues:Energy & Environment
April 24, 2013
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers revived legislation Wednesday that aims to spur renewable energy investment through a federal tax code tweak.
April 20, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced that he has introduced H.R. 1433, the Student Loan Relief Act.
The legislation will ensure that interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans for undergraduate students do not dramatically increase on July 1 of this year.
Without congressional action, rates are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
The legislation will ensure that interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans for undergraduate students do not dramatically increase on July 1 of this year.
Without congressional action, rates are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.