S. 3044 - Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008
energy speculation - Energy.
- Sponsor:
- Harry Reid
- 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
Other Votes:
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)
- Learn More
- At OpenCongress
- 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
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick Leahy
- Robert Menéndez
- Benjamin Cardin
- Edward Kennedy
- Barbara Boxer
- Debbie Ann Stabenow
- Richard Durbin
- Carl Levin
- Barbara Mikulski
- Charles Schumer
- Herbert Kohl
- Christopher Dodd
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- John Reed
- Jim Webb
- Sherrod Brown
- Claire McCaskill
- Patty Murray
- Bernard Sanders
- Kent Conrad
- Tim Johnson
- Frank Lautenberg
- 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
Introduced 5/20/2008 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result currently selected Senate Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044 6/10/2008 This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 51 voted YES 43 voted NO 6 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 5/20/2008 5/20/2008 Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Put on a legislative calendar 5/21/2008 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 743. 6/04/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. 6/04/2008 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. 6/04/2008 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. 6/05/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. 6/06/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. 6/06/2008 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. 6/06/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. 6/09/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. 6/10/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. 6/10/2008 Motion 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. 6/10/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. 6/10/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. currently selected Vote 6/10/2008 Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044 6/11/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions by Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Akaka | D | HI | $24,510 | $7,250 | Yes |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $500 | $27,950 | No |
| Alan Wayne Allard | R | CO | $0 | $0 | No |
| John Barrasso | R | WY | $0 | $22,750 | No |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $31,950 | $34,500 | Yes |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $4,000 | $47,250 | Yes |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $0 | $41,500 | No |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $4,710 | $16,300 | Yes |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $23,501 | $31,750 | Yes |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $0 | $50,250 | No |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $210,356 | $32,150 | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $101,260 | $13,750 | Yes |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $2,500 | $18,850 | No |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $0 | $49,200 | No |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $2,300 | $81,840 | No |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $23,250 | $14,750 | Not Voting |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $162,365 | $10,650 | Yes |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $74,001 | $4,250 | Yes |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $4,880 | $24,600 | Yes |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $111,263 | $19,850 | Yes |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $0 | $121,350 | No |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $158,450 | $55,420 | Not Voting |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $0 | $68,926 | No |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $2,300 | $40,450 | No |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $7,100 | $135,480 | Yes |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $17,650 | $34,500 | Yes |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $15,000 | $45,400 | Yes |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $2,000 | $67,900 | No |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $0 | $288,004 | No |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $0 | $3,000 | No |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $0 | $41,350 | No |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $2,300 | $75,096 | No |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $17,900 | $39,900 | Yes |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $0 | $61,600 | No |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $0 | $36,900 | No |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $23,750 | $34,850 | Yes |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $29,160 | $114,350 | Yes |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $0 | $23,000 | No |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $0 | $23,000 | No |
| Russ Feingold | D | WI | $74,757 | $20,250 | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $49,050 | $25,100 | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $1,250 | $42,384 | Not Voting |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $17,000 | $53,450 | Yes |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $8,000 | $11,500 | No |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $0 | $1,500 | No |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $22,546 | $41,300 | Yes |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $0 | $29,250 | No |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $5,733 | $246,400 | No |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $0 | $113,700 | No |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $5,800 | $5,000 | Yes |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $0 | $30,450 | No |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $34,750 | $21,082 | Yes |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $28,920 | $14,400 | Not Voting |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $23,986 | $0 | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $98,450 | $10,950 | Yes |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $0 | $78,900 | No |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $15,416 | $74,500 | No |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $30,403 | $23,550 | Yes |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $12,700 | $10,000 | Yes |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $31,595 | $19,900 | Yes |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $51,600 | $109,350 | Yes |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $12,800 | $54,050 | Yes |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $6,950 | $36,500 | No |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $16,250 | $53,050 | No |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $9,750 | $600 | Not Voting |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $79,360 | $14,700 | Yes |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $4,600 | $142,100 | No |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $67,610 | $39,750 | Yes |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $18,150 | $11,250 | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $5,250 | $66,200 | No |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $104,887 | $27,700 | Yes |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $15,499 | $51,500 | Yes |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $67,405 | $31,450 | Yes |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $124,692 | $141,050 | Not Voting |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $13,000 | $33,350 | Yes |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $20,460 | $23,000 | Yes |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $55,748 | $54,400 | No |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $0 | $54,800 | No |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $61,700 | $46,900 | Yes |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $153,363 | $60,550 | Yes |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $78,320 | $1,800 | Yes |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $54,498 | $71,360 | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $2,000 | $30,400 | No |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $2,300 | $79,800 | No |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $11,100 | $22,800 | Yes |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $19,400 | $4,550 | Yes |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $21,250 | $83,278 | No |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $61,810 | $28,000 | Yes |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $2,000 | $30,550 | No |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $0 | $54,500 | No |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $122,876 | $3,450 | Yes |
| John Thune | R | SD | $300 | $112,879 | No |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $3,800 | $90,204 | No |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $2,000 | $42,850 | No |
| John Warner | R | VA | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $47,890 | $1,700 | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $51,910 | $19,950 | Yes |
| Roger Wicker | R | MS | $2,300 | $84,800 | No |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $9,500 | $10,000 | Yes |
