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Shaheen-Portman Efficiency Bill Headed Back To Senate Floor

A bi-partisan bill that is a major policy priority for Senator Jeanne Shaheen has easily cleared a procedural vote in the US senate. 79 Senators voted in favor of starting debate on the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, which would ramp up incentives for federal and private spending on energy efficiency measures.

Shaheen is co-sponsoring the bill with Republican Senator Rob Portman from Ohio.

The bill has advanced to the floor on two other occasions, but twice failed to gather the sixty votes needed to be sent to the US House. On previous attempts, progress on the Shaheen-Portman Bill was stopped when Republicans asked for amendments that would defundObamacare or authorize the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Shaheen’s staff says discussions of whether to allow votes on additional amendments this time are ongoing.

Sam Evans-Brown has been working for New Hampshire Public Radio since 2010, when he began as a freelancer. He shifted gears in 2016 and began producing Outside/In, a podcast and radio show about “the natural world and how we use it.” His work has won him several awards, including two regional Edward R. Murrow awards, one national Murrow, and the Overseas Press Club of America's award for best environmental reporting in any medium. He studied Politics and Spanish at Bates College, and before reporting was variously employed as a Spanish teacher, farmer, bicycle mechanic, ski coach, research assistant, a wilderness trip leader and a technical supporter.
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