T. Boone Pickens, John Kerry Team on Energy Bill
Newsweek - Mon Mar 15, 8:18 am ETJohn Kerry and T. Boone Pickens, once fierce foes, have found a way to work together on energy legislation.
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John Kerry and T. Boone Pickens, once fierce foes, have found a way to work together on energy legislation.
Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn,., are planning an alternative climate bill without a broad "cap-and-trade" approach to reducing carbon pollution to be introduced next month.
Contrary to what he called "conventional wisdom," the Massachusetts Democrat says a bipartisan climate change bill will emerge soon in the U.S. Senate.
Amid reports of the damage brain drain inflicts on the economy, Senators John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, Wednesday introduced the Start-up Visa Act, which would open up the U.S. to immigrant entrepreneurs. If passed, the bill would grant foreigners U.S. visas if they can secure at least $100,000 from a sponsoring angel investor or at least $250 ...
Mary Jo Rossetti, a member of the Somerville School Committee, met earlier this month with Congressman Mike Capuano and education advisors to Congressmen Richard Neal, James McGovern, Edward Markey, William Delahunt, John Tierney and Barney Frank and Sen. John Kerry, with whom she had lengthy and productive discussions about the financial realities confronting Massachusetts school districts and ...
U.S. Sen. John Kerry is out of step with the majority of his Massachusetts colleagues when it comes to the solution of the fishing crisis that brought a large insurgency to Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
Does John Kerry have good reason to be so optimistic about a climate bill? The Washington Post reports that he's getting strong signals that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants a bill ASAP, indicating that senators might be closer to a deal on climate and energy than many people around Washington have assumed.
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - 02/25/10) - The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today recognized the StartUpVisa Act of 2010, introduced by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN), as a critical piece of legislation that will foster job creation and economic growth in America. The proposal will grant immigrant entrepreneurs a two year visa if they have the support of a ...
Sen. John Kerry, together with Reps. Barney Frank, John Tierney and William Delahunt, all of Massachusetts, have sent a letter to Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), urging her to delay prosecutions of fishermen working in the Northeast.
A bill introduced today in the Senate by Democrat John Kerry and Republican Richard Lugar proposes a new type of visa for immigrants who create startups and jobs in the U.S. A similar proposal is part of an immigration reform bill in the House. The Startup Visa has been controversial and will no doubt draw fire from anti-immigrant forces and xenophobes. But if we are going to be giving away ...
Foreign startups with their sights set on targeting a U.S. market will be happy to note that as of this morning, Senator John Kerry and Senator Richard Lugar introduced the Startup Visa Act in Washington . In late December we covered the details of the legislation as well as comments from some of the act proponents including YCombinator's Paul Graham and Foundry Group's Brad Feld. tweetmeme_url ...