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The Senate overwhelmingly approved energy legislation Tuesday that was embraced by both Republicans and Democrats, but its chance of becoming law depends on hard bargaining in the coming months with House GOP leaders who favor measures more favorable to industry.After finishing most work on the bill late last week, the Senate approved the sweeping legislation 85-12. It includes a proposed $18 billion in energy tax breaks, an expansion of ethanol use and measures aimed at increasing natural gas imports to meet growing demand.CBS News Correspondent Bob Fuss reports that the bipartisan Senate bill stanley water jug stands in stark contrast to the version passed in the House. The Senate requires more ethanol be used in gasoline and proposes $18 billion in tax credits to encourage clean and renewable sources of energy. The bill also requires 10 percent of the stanley cup U.S. s electricity to come from such sources by 2020. The House bill h stanley en mexico as $8 billion in tax credits mostly to oil and gas companies and gives controversial protections from lawsuits to makers of a gasoline additive that has caused environmental damage, Fuss reports.Lawmakers acknowledged that the measure would do little, if anything, in the short run to stem the soaring cost of energy including oil that this week has eclipsed $60 a barrel and gasoline that last week averaged $2.22 a gallon at the pump, according to the Energy Department. We still have many hurdles to overcome, said Sen. Jeff Bing |
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