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A natural gas blow-out in Pennsylvania is raising new concerns about a controversial technology called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
Senate Democrats are struggling to follow through on President Obama’s call to end tax breaks for the oil and gas industry.
An effort to keep EPA authority
California Democrat Barbara Boxer tugged hard at the heartstrings last week, when she took to the Senate floor to defend the EPA’s efforts to reduce emissions of the pollutants that are warming the earth.
As Japan struggles to contain a string of fires at an earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant, Congress is asking whether U.S. plants are safe.
Democrats call for nuclear review
House Democrats are calling for a congressional review of nuclear safety in the wake of an unfolding crisis in Japanese nuclear plants.
House Republicans will try to blame higher gasoline prices on the Obama administration this week with public hearings on offshore drilling.
Action alerts from advocacy organizations
Stalled Marcellus Shale oversight bill threatens jobs, affordable energy
Contact your state senator TODAY and urge them to support H.B. 1950 in its original form
Soapbox alerts from the Congress.org community
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The Beat: How Government Works
In this episode of "The Beat," we talk with Roll Call Associate Editor Paul Singer about a new project exploring the behind-the-scenes work that makes government function.
The Beat: Defense
Congress.org editor Ryan Teague Beckwith and CQ defense reporter John Donnelly discuss the latest in defense news.
Alerts from Groups and Organizations
Urge Congress to Extend the Lautenberg Amendment
by Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society on August 3
Help Eliminate the Disparity in Coverage for Chemotherapy
by International Myeloma Foundation on August 3
Faces of the Famine
by International Rescue Committee on August 2
Great News! National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2011
by National Coalition for Literacy on August 3
Bizarre Government Spending at NIH
by Traditional Values Coalition on August 2
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