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S. 3044 - Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008

energy speculation - Energy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. (by CRS) 
Status:
The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar. 
Senate Vote: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044

DID NOT PASS on June 10, 2008.

3/5 required to pass

voted YES: 51 voted NO: 43
6 voted present/not voting

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Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008

S. 3044 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Keywords
energy speculation
Summary
A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008
  • No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2008
  • NOPEC
  • Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act
Sponsor
Harry Reid
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Energy
  • Actions and defenses
  • Air pollution
  • Alcohol as fuel
  • Alternative energy sources
  • Antitrust law
  • Armed forces
  • Biomass energy
  • Budgets
  • Business
  • Cartels
  • Climate change
  • Congress
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional reporting requirements
  • Criminal justice
  • Defense economics
  • Derivative securities
  • Disaster relief
  • Emergency management
  • Energy prices
  • Energy security
  • Energy supplies
  • Environmental protection
  • Excess profits tax
  • Finance
  • Fines (Penalties)
  • Foreign policy
  • Foreign tax credit
  • Futures trading
  • Gasoline
  • Government information
  • Government liability (International law)
  • Government procurement
  • Government publicity
  • Government trust funds
  • Governmental investigations
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Income tax
  • International affairs
  • Iraq compilation
  • Law
  • Losses
  • Margins (Security trading)
  • Natural gas
  • Oil and gas royalties
  • Parties to actions
  • Petroleum industry
  • Petroleum reserves
  • Price fixing
  • Profit
  • Public contracts
  • Restrictive trade practices
  • Strategic materials
  • Tax credits
  • Tax deductions
  • Taxation of foreign income
  • Telecommunication
  • Telephone
  • Trade
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced5/20/2008
Bill History
Chamber/CommitteeMotionDateResult
currently selectedSenateMotion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 30446/10/2008This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate
51 voted YES 43 voted NO 6 voted present/not voting
ActionDateDescription
Introduced5/20/2008
5/20/2008Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Put on a legislative calendar5/21/2008Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 743.
6/04/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
6/04/2008Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
6/04/2008Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
6/05/2008Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
6/06/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
6/06/2008Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
6/06/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
6/09/2008Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
6/10/2008Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
6/10/2008Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure [Record Vote Number 146] made in Senate.
6/10/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
6/10/2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
currently selectedVote6/10/2008Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044
6/11/2008Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Average contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

supported this motion

Average received by Senators who

voted YESsort iconvoted NO
Environmental policy$31,690$2,157
Teamsters union$6,562$1,023
Elderly issues/Social Security$4,503$426
Labor Unions$3,925$250
Consumer groups$134$0
$46,814$3,856

Interest groups that supported this motion gave 12 times as much to Senators that voted YES than to Senators that voted NO

opposed this motion

Average received by Senators who

voted NOsort iconvoted YES
Independent oil & gas producers$38,537$5,872
Commodity brokers/dealers$15,924$20,174
Manufacturing$4,518$1,927
Chambers of commerce$3,729$1,856
Fiscal & tax policy$1,139$455
$63,847$30,285

Interest groups that opposed this motion gave 111% more to Senators that voted NO than to Senators that voted YES

8 Organizations Supported and 7 Opposed; See Which Ones
8 Organizations Supported and 7 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008

8 organizations supported this motion

AFL-CIO
(n.d.). Democratic Caucus's Senate Journal. Retrieved n.d., from .
Alliance for Retired Americans
(n.d.). Democratic Caucus's Senate Journal. Retrieved n.d., from .
Center for American Progress
(n.d.). Statement of Director of Climate Strategy. Retrieved n.d., from .
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
(n.d.). Democratic Caucus's Senate Journal. Retrieved n.d., from .
My Rural America
(n.d.). Democratic Caucus's Senate Journal. Retrieved n.d., from .
Public Citizen
(n.d.). Democratic Caucus's Senate Journal. Retrieved n.d., from .
Sierra Club
(n.d.). Democratic Caucus's Senate Journal. Retrieved n.d., from .
Small Business Majority
(n.d.). Democratic Caucus's Senate Journal. Retrieved n.d., from .

7 organizations opposed this motion

Americans for Tax Reform
(n.d.). ATR urges a "No" Vote on S. 3044. Retrieved n.d., from .
CME Group
(n.d.). Press Release. Retrieved n.d., from .
Independent Petroleum Association of America
(n.d.). IPAA Responds to Senate Democrats' Energy Package. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Association of Manufacturers
(n.d.). NAM Key Vote Letter on S. 3044, the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Black Chamber of Commerce
(n.d.). National Black Chamber Opposes Senate Energy Taxes. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Taxpayers Union
(n.d.). NTU Senate Vote Alert: Energy Bills. Retrieved n.d., from .
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
(n.d.). Letter from R. Bruce Josten, Executive Vice Presisdent. Retrieved n.d., from .

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office on day of vote, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
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Contributions by Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed		Vote
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$24,510$7,250Yes
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$500$27,950No
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0No
John BarrassoRWY$0$22,750No
Max BaucusDMT$31,950$34,500Yes
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$4,000$47,250Yes
Bob BennettRUT$0$41,500No
Joe BidenDDE$4,710$16,300Yes
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$23,501$31,750Yes
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$50,250No
Barbara BoxerDCA$210,356$32,150Yes
Sherrod BrownDOH$101,260$13,750Yes
Sam BrownbackRKS$2,500$18,850No
Jim BunningRKY$0$49,200No
Richard BurrRNC$2,300$81,840No
Robert ByrdDWV$23,250$14,750Not Voting
Maria CantwellDWA$162,365$10,650Yes
Ben CardinDMD$74,001$4,250Yes
Tom CarperDDE$4,880$24,600Yes
Bob CaseyDPA$111,263$19,850Yes
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$121,350No
Hillary ClintonDNY$158,450$55,420Not Voting
Tom CoburnROK$0$68,926No
William Thad CochranRMS$2,300$40,450No
Norm ColemanRMN$7,100$135,480Yes
Susan CollinsRME$17,650$34,500Yes
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$15,000$45,400Yes
Bob CorkerRTN$2,000$67,900No
John CornynRTX$0$288,004No
Larry CraigRID$0$3,000No
Mike CrapoRID$0$41,350No
Jim DeMintRSC$2,300$75,096No
Chris DoddDCT$17,900$39,900Yes
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$0$61,600No
Pete DomeniciRNM$0$36,900No
Byron DorganDND$23,750$34,850Yes
Dick DurbinDIL$29,160$114,350Yes
John EnsignRNV$0$23,000No
Mike EnziRWY$0$23,000No
Russ FeingoldDWI$74,757$20,250Yes
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$49,050$25,100Yes
Lindsey GrahamRSC$1,250$42,384Not Voting
Chuck GrassleyRIA$17,000$53,450Yes
Judd GreggRNH$8,000$11,500No
Chuck HagelRNE$0$1,500No
Tom HarkinDIA$22,546$41,300Yes
Orrin HatchRUT$0$29,250No
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$5,733$246,400No
Jim InhofeROK$0$113,700No
Dan InouyeDHI$5,800$5,000Yes
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$30,450No
Tim JohnsonDSD$34,750$21,082Yes
Ted KennedyDMA$28,920$14,400Not Voting
John KerryDMA$23,986$0Yes
Amy KlobucharDMN$98,450$10,950Yes
Herb KohlDWI$0$0Yes
Jon KylRAZ$0$78,900No
Mary LandrieuDLA$15,416$74,500No
Frank LautenbergDNJ$30,403$23,550Yes
Patrick LeahyDVT$12,700$10,000Yes
Carl LevinDMI$31,595$19,900Yes
Joe LiebermanICT$51,600$109,350Yes
Blanche LincolnDAR$12,800$54,050Yes
Dick LugarRIN$6,950$36,500No
Mel MartinezRFL$16,250$53,050No
John McCainRAZ$9,750$600Not Voting
Claire McCaskillDMO$79,360$14,700Yes
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$4,600$142,100No
Bob MenéndezDNJ$67,610$39,750Yes
Barbara MikulskiDMD$18,150$11,250Yes
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$5,250$66,200No
Patty MurrayDWA$104,887$27,700Yes
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$15,499$51,500Yes
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$67,405$31,450Yes
Barack ObamaDIL$124,692$141,050Not Voting
Mark PryorDAR$13,000$33,350Yes
John "Jack" ReedDRI$20,460$23,000Yes
Harry ReidDNV$55,748$54,400No
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$54,800No
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$61,700$46,900Yes
Ken SalazarDCO$153,363$60,550Yes
Bernie SandersIVT$78,320$1,800Yes
Chuck SchumerDNY$54,498$71,360Yes
Jeff SessionsRAL$2,000$30,400No
Richard ShelbyRAL$2,300$79,800No
Gordon SmithROR$11,100$22,800Yes
Olympia SnoweRME$19,400$4,550Yes
Arlen SpecterDPA$21,250$83,278No
Debbie StabenowDMI$61,810$28,000Yes
Ted StevensRAK$2,000$30,550No
John SununuRNH$0$54,500No
Jon TesterDMT$122,876$3,450Yes
John ThuneRSD$300$112,879No
David VitterRLA$3,800$90,204No
George VoinovichROH$2,000$42,850No
John WarnerRVA$0$0Yes
Jim WebbDVA$47,890$1,700Yes
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$51,910$19,950Yes
Roger WickerRMS$2,300$84,800No
Ron WydenDOR$9,500$10,000Yes

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed		Vote
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$24,510$7,250Yes
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$500$27,950No
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0No
John BarrassoRWY$0$22,750No
Max BaucusDMT$31,950$34,500Yes
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$4,000$47,250Yes
Bob BennettRUT$0$41,500No
Joe BidenDDE$4,710$16,300Yes
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$23,501$31,750Yes
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$50,250No
Barbara BoxerDCA$210,356$32,150Yes
Sherrod BrownDOH$101,260$13,750Yes
Sam BrownbackRKS$2,500$18,850No
Jim BunningRKY$0$49,200No
Richard BurrRNC$2,300$81,840No
Robert ByrdDWV$23,250$14,750Not Voting
Maria CantwellDWA$162,365$10,650Yes
Ben CardinDMD$74,001$4,250Yes
Tom CarperDDE$4,880$24,600Yes
Bob CaseyDPA$111,263$19,850Yes
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$121,350No
Hillary ClintonDNY$158,450$55,420Not Voting
Tom CoburnROK$0$68,926No
William Thad CochranRMS$2,300$40,450No
Norm ColemanRMN$7,100$135,480Yes
Susan CollinsRME$17,650$34,500Yes
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$15,000$45,400Yes
Bob CorkerRTN$2,000$67,900No
John CornynRTX$0$288,004No
Larry CraigRID$0$3,000No
Mike CrapoRID$0$41,350No
Jim DeMintRSC$2,300$75,096No
Chris DoddDCT$17,900$39,900Yes
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$0$61,600No
Pete DomeniciRNM$0$36,900No
Byron DorganDND$23,750$34,850Yes
Dick DurbinDIL$29,160$114,350Yes
John EnsignRNV$0$23,000No
Mike EnziRWY$0$23,000No
Russ FeingoldDWI$74,757$20,250Yes
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$49,050$25,100Yes
Lindsey GrahamRSC$1,250$42,384Not Voting
Chuck GrassleyRIA$17,000$53,450Yes
Judd GreggRNH$8,000$11,500No
Chuck HagelRNE$0$1,500No
Tom HarkinDIA$22,546$41,300Yes
Orrin HatchRUT$0$29,250No
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$5,733$246,400No
Jim InhofeROK$0$113,700No
Dan InouyeDHI$5,800$5,000Yes
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$30,450No
Tim JohnsonDSD$34,750$21,082Yes
Ted KennedyDMA$28,920$14,400Not Voting
John KerryDMA$23,986$0Yes
Amy KlobucharDMN$98,450$10,950Yes
Herb KohlDWI$0$0Yes
Jon KylRAZ$0$78,900No
Mary LandrieuDLA$15,416$74,500No
Frank LautenbergDNJ$30,403$23,550Yes
Patrick LeahyDVT$12,700$10,000Yes
Carl LevinDMI$31,595$19,900Yes
Joe LiebermanICT$51,600$109,350Yes
Blanche LincolnDAR$12,800$54,050Yes
Dick LugarRIN$6,950$36,500No
Mel MartinezRFL$16,250$53,050No
John McCainRAZ$9,750$600Not Voting
Claire McCaskillDMO$79,360$14,700Yes
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$4,600$142,100No
Bob MenéndezDNJ$67,610$39,750Yes
Barbara MikulskiDMD$18,150$11,250Yes
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$5,250$66,200No
Patty MurrayDWA$104,887$27,700Yes
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$15,499$51,500Yes
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$67,405$31,450Yes
Barack ObamaDIL$124,692$141,050Not Voting
Mark PryorDAR$13,000$33,350Yes
John "Jack" ReedDRI$20,460$23,000Yes
Harry ReidDNV$55,748$54,400No
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$54,800No
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$61,700$46,900Yes
Ken SalazarDCO$153,363$60,550Yes
Bernie SandersIVT$78,320$1,800Yes
Chuck SchumerDNY$54,498$71,360Yes
Jeff SessionsRAL$2,000$30,400No
Richard ShelbyRAL$2,300$79,800No
Gordon SmithROR$11,100$22,800Yes
Olympia SnoweRME$19,400$4,550Yes
Arlen SpecterDPA$21,250$83,278No
Debbie StabenowDMI$61,810$28,000Yes
Ted StevensRAK$2,000$30,550No
John SununuRNH$0$54,500No
Jon TesterDMT$122,876$3,450Yes
John ThuneRSD$300$112,879No
David VitterRLA$3,800$90,204No
George VoinovichROH$2,000$42,850No
John WarnerRVA$0$0Yes
Jim WebbDVA$47,890$1,700Yes
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$51,910$19,950Yes
Roger WickerRMS$2,300$84,800No
Ron WydenDOR$9,500$10,000Yes

Interest Groups that supported this motion

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$ Donated
Environmental policy$1,977,009
Teamsters union$406,166
Elderly issues/Social Security$268,215
Labor Unions$241,400
Consumer groups$6,850

Interest Groups that opposed this motion

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$ Donated
Independent oil & gas producers$1,977,780
Commodity brokers/dealers$1,904,192
Manufacturing$314,404
Chambers of commerce$289,984
Fiscal & tax policy$72,193
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