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Monday, March 12, 2012

Wild Whirlpool After Tsunami Rocks Japan


I missed this picture last year


Posted by David Ozanich — 11 Mar 2011
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The massive and deadly earthquake that hit Japan earlier today has resulted in some incredible, jaw-dropping photos like the Reuters one above of a boat caught in a whirlpool near Oarai City, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

American Ethanol No. 3 Chevy Debuts in Vegas

The American Ethanol No. 3 Chevy made its debut over the weekend at the Las Vegas Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 with rookie driver Austin Dillon finishing strong in 7th place.
Representatives of American Ethanol partners, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and Growth Energy, were in town for the March 10 race. Pictured here with RCR team owner (and Dillon’s grandfather) Richard Childress (left) are Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis next to Dillon and Illinois corn farmer Martin Barbre, chairman of NCGA’s NASCAR Advisory Committee on the right.
Barbre said with three races down in the Nationwide season, Dillon is already exceeding their expectations. “He ranks second in driver points in his rookie season and is proving to be a great spokesperson for the performance, economic and environmental benefits of Sunoco Green E15,” said Barbre. “Educating fans about the importance of NASCAR’s switch to a 15 percent blend of ethanol, from an environmental, performance and even patriotic standpoint, will reinforce the importance of the NASCAR Green message while helping the sports broad fan base become better acquainted with the benefits of the fuel produced by family farmers such as myself.”


Las Vegas was the first race this season where No. 3 Chevrolet sported the black and green colors of American Ethanol and marked Dillon’s first Nationwide Series start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dillon was so excited about the ethanol theme that his team even tweeted a photo of his “new @AmericanEthanol helmet.”
As the son of former driver and RCR general manager Mike Dillon and grandson of Richard Childress, American Ethanol partners felt the 21-year-old’s performance in the Vegas race highlighted his developing talent and his dedication to clean-burning, domestically produced ethanol.
“We are thrilled to be working with Austin this year to make fans aware of the amazing performance ethanol offers,” said Barbre. “Our partnership with RCR brings together two great American legacies, that of the famed racing family and that of the American family farmer.”

Natural Gas Looks to Break Through and Replace Gasoline –

 Part One

by Stuart Burns on March 12, 2012
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An FT article last week lauded the intent of General Electric and Chesapeake Energy to form an alliance to promote the use of natural gas as a fuel for cars and trucks.
The intent is to develop gas re-fueling infrastructure with a target to add 250 compressing and recharging units principally at gasoline filling stations. Currently there are about 1,000 natural gas fillings stations in the US, according to an article in the South Bend Tribune; but only half of those are available to the public, with the rest operated by local governments or private companies to refuel buses and other fleet vehicles.
Compare that to regular gasoline fuelling stations of which there are said to be some 159,000 outlets in the US.
Indeed, there is only one car produced in the US to run on natural gas, the Indiana-built Civic Natural Gas Honda. Around 13,000 have been sold since the car first went on sale in 1998, mostly to fleets. With such low production runs, currently about 4,000 per year, Honda can’t be making any money out of the model even at the high premium over the gasoline versions — some $10,000 on the base model — but should be applauded for sticking to their script. They clearly realize natural gas cars are going to be, like electric vehicles (EVs), a long-haul technology.
But why would Honda, General Electric, Chesapeake and the big three automakers (GM and Chrysler are to follow Ford with natural gas pickups) be supporting what must be the least well-known among the alternative fuel sources?

Cost

Putting initial vehicle costs to one side for a moment, for an equivalent energy content, crude oil is roughly seven times the current price of natural gas in the US.
GE and Chesaspeake are quoted as saying that at today’s prices, a vehicle driving 25,700 miles a year would save $1,500 a year from using natural gas rather than gasoline, while a Channel 13 News report interviewed a canny individual who had plumbed natural gas supply to a compressor in his own home for about $3,000, so he could fill up his car’s natural gas tank at home for an estimated $7 compared to over $50 for gasoline.
The environmental lobby is torn. Diehards prefer EVs for their zero emissions, conveniently ignoring the fact that they require power stations to generate the electricity by saying that if the power comes from a wind turbine or solar farm, it is almost zero emissions. In reality, of course, that is rarely the case; but the attraction of natural gas is that (although not pollution-free) it is much less polluting than gasoline.
According to the State of California, quoted in Earthlinktech: “Typical CNG vehicles can reduce smog-forming emissions of carbon monoxide by 70%, non-methane organic gas by 87% and oxides of nitrogen by 87%. Also, CNG vehicles typically have 20% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline powered cars.”
To be continued in Part Two.

Soros and Big Dem Donors Set to Clean Up from NAT GAS Act




4 days ago March 9, 2012

As Republicans take a step closer to deciding their fate at the top of the 2012 ticket all of the ticket, Senate Republicans this week are preparing to shoot themselves in their collective foot by lining the pockets of left-wing billionaires like George Soros with more government subsidies.

The subsidy is contained in the NAT GAS Act, which has flown under the radar until Senators Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, and Richard Burr offered it as an amendment to the transportation bill being debated this week in the Senate.
The NAT GAS Act would essentially subsidize demand, rather than supply, of natural gas by providing tax breaks for purchasers of natural gas vehicles - $64,000 per commercial truck, $7,500 for consumer vehicles, and subsidies for construction or retrofitting facilities for natural gas vehicle fuel. In total, it will cost taxpayers between $5-9 billion.
Natural gas is already cheap and abundant in supply. It is in no need of a taxpayer subsidy, which will artificially increase its price for businesses and consumers. Why are Republicans preparing to waste taxpayer money on an industry that is already going gangbusters?
Furthermore, the NAT GAS Act will benefit only a small pool of well-connected billionaire investors. T. Boone Pickens has been a vocal proponent of the bill and it is clear he will increase his vast personal fortune if the NAT GAS Act becomes law.
And there are others who will rake in millions from the taxpayers, as well. They include George Soros, Kevin Martin, Aubrey McClendon, and George Kaiser. The subsidies would go to companies in which these individuals hold significant investments. The three main companies that will benefit from the NAT GAS Act are Westport Innovations, Clean Energy Fuels Corporation, and Chesapeake Energy Corporation.
From a political standpoint: What the hell are Republicans thinking?!? They are just loading the gun left-wing billionaire Democrat donors will use against them in 8 months.
George Soros has made tens of millions (and set to make much more) from his investments in Westport Innovations. Over the years, Soros has been one of the biggest contributors to the liberal causes and Democrat candidates. According to OpenSecrets.org, Soros has given almost $2 million in direct contributions to Democrat candidates and committees since 1989. Over the last decade, Soros has funneled over $32 million to liberal 527s and leftwing, politically driven non-profits.
George Kaiser (remember him?) is a major supporter of the NAT GAS Act and has given money to the leftwing Center for American Progress. During the 2010 elections, Kaiser made $125,300 in direct political contributions; $118,600 went to Democrat candidates or committees.
Kaiser has a history of cashing in on subsidized energy companies. Kaiser used is influence with the Obama Administration to garner federal funds for Solyndra, an energy company he had close ties with. After the administration authorize $535 million in loan guarantees to Solyndra, the company filed for Chapter 11 and laid off nearly all its employees within two years.
Meanwhile, Aubrey McClendon's Chesapeake Energy and affiliated companieshelped to fund the Sierra Club to the tune of over $26 million to promote policies that would eliminate coal and advance natural gas use.
Even T. Boone Pickens has steered his political giving to the Left. Once a prominent Republican donor, Pickens now pledges not to make federal campaign contributions in part because Senator Reid promised to move the NAT GAS Act.
Further, it was recently reported that he gave the leftwing Center for American Progress almost half-a-million dollars, and Pickens has spent $82 million since July 2008 promoting the NAT GAS Act.
Pickens' wife, a large stockholder Clean Energy Fuels Corporation, has given $16,800 directly to Reid's reelection and $50,000 to a liberal group that supported Harry Reid’s reelection.
There is no legitimate rationale for Republicans should support the NAT GAS Act. It’s a waste of taxpayer money. It would distort the energy market. It would drive up the cost of natural gas. It’s bad policy. And it’s worse politics.

Would the Nat Gas Act Be a Security Blanket?





I'd been ruminating for several days about a Wall Street Journal editorial taking issue with the proposed Nat Gas Act, when this week the financial-0news icon trumpeted the information that Chrysler and  General Motors (NYSE: GM  ) are about to offer pickup trucks powered by natural gas. The announcement came at a time when motorists are feeling progressively pump-pinched as gasoline prices move to -- and in some cases above -- the $4.00-per-gallon inflection point where they noticeably affect the economy.
Chrysler, which is controlled by Italy's Fiat, will manufacture production-line pickups that run on natural gas, along with bi-fuel trucks that will be powered by a combination of compressed natural gas and gasoline. In GM's case, it will manufacture bi-fuel trucks beginning in the last quarter of this year. Once the company has produced the trucks, they will be sent to an outside source for retrofitting to facilitate natural gas usage. The planned vehicles will join the compressed natural gas units that Ford (NYSE: F  ) has manufactured -- with their tanks added externally -- for a couple of years.
We had almost forgotten how to spell "bipartisan."Given the substantial increases in gas reserves that our nation's producers have added through technological advancements that have led to output from unconventional plays, the automakers' news has to be considered a sensible advancement. That still leaves the Journal's consternation over the Nat Gas Act, a measure with the bipartisan support of 180 House "parents," including six dozen Republicans, along with a trio of senators, including Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democrat Robert Menendez of New Jersey, and North Carolina Republican Richard Burr.
However, the paper clearly has saved its sharpest approbation for Dallas oilman and energy seer T. Boone Pickens, hence the piece's "Boone-Doggle" headline. Pickens is an avowedly strong advocate of the act's potential to push the expansion of natural gas as a transportation fuel. Possibly, along with the proposed act's design -- which would , as they phrase it, "dun taxpayers" -- the Journal's editors are likely put off by Pickens' nearly 30% ownership in Clean Energy Fuels (Nasdaq: CLNE  ) , a manufacturer of natural gas equipment for refueling cars and trucks.
You're beautiful and you're mineBut it'd be strange if Boone -- I can call him that; I've met him -- were to oppose the heightened expansion of natural gas as a transportation fuel. As the onetime Oklahoma geologist has said for years, "Natural gas is cheap, clean, [and] abundant, and it's ours." So let's take a gander at the key provisions in the act to see whether we can locate realistic rubs. Perhaps then we'll be compelled to add some of our own rarely tentative observations:
Under the act, truck owners, from 18-wheelers to light delivery models would receive tax credits running all the way from $7,500 to $65,000 for the conversion of each vehicle to natural gas-burning capability. Further, there's a provision for a $0.50 per gallon credit for natural gas purchases during the next four years, and service stations would become beneficiaries of $100,000 tax credits for adding natural gas dispensing capabilities. According to the Journal, an average tax credit of $15,000 for each of the eight million trucks in the current U.S. fleet would set taxpayers back by more than $100 billion, not the $5 billion in the course of five years that advocates allege.
My recommendation is that both the bill's sponsors and the Journal editors rethink their numbers. Beginning with the top end of the truck owners' rebate, $65,000 appears to be, well, highway robbery. With gas currently costing as little as half of oil per gallon, and admittedly taking only a stab at a seemingly logical amount, high-end tax credits of, say, $25,000 would appear to meaningfully initiate the payback, which would then be enhanced by every gallon of natural gas burned, in the process lowering the editors' $15,000 average multiplier.
Oldsters need not applyAnd then, we're presumably not drunken sailors -- itself a horrific notion, given my Marine Corps stint -- so let's not get carried away by tossing rebates at all trucks. The clear objective here is to begin to build a natural gas-as-a-fuel movement that, once it's taken root, will logically expand on its own. So perhaps credits should be awarded only for the top third of newest trucks, logically calculated by beginning with models from a relatively recent year -- thereby eliminating the editors' absurd notion of covering the entire 8 million-vehicle national fleet. After all, why provide taxpayer largesse for, say, a 10-year-old 18-wheeler that is bearing down on its final years of plying the highways? 
As the editors further note, ethanol was sold as a way to achieve energy "security," but after three decades and layouts in excess of $40 billion, it still requires government support. And despite the two-decade federal bolstering of such renewable fuels as solar, wind, and other non-hydro renewable fuels, to which tens of billions have been appropriated, they collectively still account for just 3.6% of U.S. electricity.
That's unfortunately been the track record for those programs, but as I noted to Fools just last week, natural gas is a proven transportation fuel in many far less technologically advanced countries than our own.
Yet another positionWriting in The Washington Times the day following the appearance of "Boone-Doggle," longtime conservative writer and American Spectator founder R. Emmett Tyrell Jr. took a stab at the Journal editors for their omission of a powerful inducement for passage of the Nat Gas Act:
The way to justify the Nat Gas Act is via national security. ... America is vulnerable to terrorists, Middle Eastern instability, and unfriendly powers around the world. We have a kind of miracle that has been developed over the past few years, natural gas. By passing the Nat gas Act now we can end these threats against us. We can become an energy exporter.
My Foolish friends will recognize from my past writings that I'm in complete agreement with Terrell and, by extension, Boone Pickens. I don't judge it to be hyperbole to warn that we can consider ourselves fortunate if we're able to dodge involvement in another geopolitical conflict during the next year. An all-hands-on-deck effort to implement the Nat Gas Act would at least nudge us toward seeing our own protection -- military and financial.
The power of arbitrageFinally, there is one key consideration that neither the typically spot-on Journal editors nor Terrell has touched upon: Our nation's natural gas prices have recently been trading in the nearly moribund vicinity of $2.50 per million British thermal units. That's resulted in a cutback in gas production at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK  ) , and more recently other companies. Conversely, our Japanese brethren must cough up about $16 for their imported liquefied natural gas.
But as my Foolish colleague Amitabha Chakraborty has told you, Cheniere Energy (AMEX: LNG  ) could have the U.S. participating in the liquefaction game with shipments from Louisiana's Sabine Pass by 2015. I thereby smell a price arbitrage effect entering the global natural gas pricing picture. That could alter even Boone's best laid gas-as-a-transportation-fuel plans dramatically. Stay tuned,

S.1863 - New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011

All Bill Titles

  • Short: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation. as introduced.

Specific Organizations Supporting S.1863

  • BAF Technologies

Interests that oppose this bill:

Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

Name Amount Received
Sen. Patrick Toomey [R, PA] $960,789
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $769,687
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $490,321
Sen. Marco Rubio [R, FL] $435,674
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] $241,207
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $180,755
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] $176,377
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $135,650
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] $121,319
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ] $117,765
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2] $200,281
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6] $152,922
Rep. Tom Graves [R, GA-9] $150,018
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23] $137,817
Rep. Allen West [R, FL-22] $119,266
Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10] $109,867
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R, KS-1] $94,158
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $82,292
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R, SC-3] $79,047
Rep. Tom McClintock [R, CA-4] $72,387

Specific Organizations Opposing S.1863

  • American Chemistry Council
  • Heritage Foundation
  • Americans For Prosperity

Recent News Coverage


03/05/12
Government Should Encourage Natural Gas for Trucks
Very few things in life (or in Washington, D.C.) are black and white. One of them is the need to reduce our dependence on OPEC oil and replace it with domestic natural gas. Your editorial "Boone-Doggle" (Feb. 28) fails to understand the need to ...
Source: Wall Street Journal






02/25/12
THE WEEK AHEAD
Civil War Author Series 2012 continues at 6:30 p.m. with Thomas B. Allen's "Harriet Tubman: Secret Agent." It's 1863 and Harriet Tubman is facing her greatest challenge: becoming a Union spy. She is about to lead Union warships on a raid up a ...
Source: South Coast Today






02/22/12
Support law to save historic battlefields
U.S. Grant's 1863 campaign that resulted in the capture of Vicksburg, one of the most important events of the Civil War. According to a 2009 National Parks report, America is losing at least 1 million acres a year - roughly the size of Delaware ...
Source: Hattiesburg American






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Recent Blog Coverage


02/05/12
The West Virginia Rebel's Blog: Gas Guzzlers
H.R. 1380, introduced by Representative John Sullivan (R-OK), and S. 1863, introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), would create new and expand existing special tax treatments for the production, conversion, and ...






02/05/12
Let's put the brakes on the NAT GAS act « Hot Air
H.R. 1380, introduced by Representative John Sullivan (R-OK), and S. 1863, introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), would create new and expand existing special tax treatments for the production, conversion, and ...
Source: Jazz Shaw






02/05/12
Let's put the brakes on the NAT GAS act « Hot Air
H.R. 1380, introduced by Representative John Sullivan (R-OK), and S. 1863, introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), would create new and expand existing special tax treatments for the production, conversion, and ...
Source: Jazz Shaw







Latest Letters to Congress

  • S.1863 New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 thuskins February 20, 2012 I am writing as your constituent in the 8th Congressional district of Florida. I am writing as your constituent in the 8th Congressional district of Florida. I support S.1863 - New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.

    It is vital the USA has an energy policy developed to start to lead us toward energy independence. Natural gas would be ...
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    Sure, George Soros would benefit from the passage of this bill. T. Boone Pickens would benefit. YOU would benefit, I would benefit and the people of the United States would benefit.

    It is ESSENTI...
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H.R.1380 - New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011

  All Bill Titles

  • Short: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation. as introduced.

 

Interests that support this bill:

Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $108,000
Rep. Gary Peters [D, MI-9] $61,150
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1] $60,100
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $59,450
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6] $53,700
Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1] $53,160
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6] $49,700
Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4] $47,550
Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2] $46,850
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2] $46,250

Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $202,050
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $199,658
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $156,125
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $140,129
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $110,400
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $95,350
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $87,350
Sen. Patrick Toomey [R, PA] $84,050
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $82,150
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] $79,570

Specific Organizations Supporting H.R.1380

  • Aspro
  • AVSG
  • BAF Technologies
  • Baker Equipment
  • Baytech Corporation
  • Chart Industries
  • Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
  • Gas Technology Institute
  • Honda MotorWerks
  • Joe Cooper Ford
  • Suburban Ford of Sterling Heights
  • City of Las Vegas
  • Hocking College
  • New York City Department of Transportation
  • Texas General Land Office
  • U.S. Postal Service
  • A-1 Alternative Fuel Systems
  • ACES
  • Advance Fuel Systems
  • Agility Fuel Systems
  • Air & Gas Technologies
  • American Power Group
  • ANGI International, LLC
  • Applied LNG Technologies USA, LLC
  • CNGNow

Interests that oppose this bill:

Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

Name Amount Received
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2] $202,031
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6] $162,922
Rep. Tom Graves [R, GA-9] $152,768
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23] $139,817
Rep. Allen West [R, FL-22] $119,266
Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10] $109,867
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $99,392
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R, KS-1] $94,158
Rep. Mike Pence [R, IN-6] $85,200
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R, SC-3] $80,797

Sen. Patrick Toomey [R, PA] $972,439
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $775,362
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $508,771
Sen. Marco Rubio [R, FL] $450,974
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] $251,207
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $203,155
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] $191,127
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $163,050
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] $127,569
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ] $121,765

Specific Organizations Opposing H.R.1380

  • Americans For Prosperity
  • Petroleum Marketers Association of America
  • American Conservative Union
  • American Chemistry Council
  • Industrial Energy Consumers of America
  • Heritage Action for America
  • Americans for Tax Reform
  • The Fertilizer Institute
  • American Forest & Paper Association
  • Family Research Council
  • Taxpayers for Common Sense
  • Citizens Against Government Waste
  • 60 Plus Association
  • American Energy Alliance
  • Competitive Enterprise Institute
  • Commonwealth Foundation
  • Freedom Action
  • Less Government
  • RedState
  • The National Center for Public Policy Research
  • The Weyrich Lunch
  • Independent Women’s Voices
  • Club for Growth

Recent News Coverage


01/31/12
Westport Innovations - Any Gas Left In The Tank?
Boone at the helm, passage of HR1380 -- the Natural Gas Act -- seemed a fait accompli that would usher in mass adoption of NG-powered vehicles. HR 1380 was scheduled for congressional review in April 2011. I resolved to invest in the NG vehicle ...
Source: Seekingalpha.com






01/26/12
Obama renews commitment to natural gas energy plan
“We are the Saudi Arabia of natural gas,” he said. Lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill – H.R. 1380 – the “New Alternative Transportation to Give Solutions Act of 2011,” which has over 180 cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representative
Source: Land Line Magazine






12/21/11
Letter: Our valley led the way in clean-burning buses
Please urge your member of Congress to support the bipartisan Natural Gas Act (HR1380 in the House and S1863 in the Senate). Benefits include economic (jobs and taxes), environment (lower emissions) and national security (reduce OPEC imports).
Source: Desert Sun






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Recent Blog Coverage


03/12/12
Don't Foucs on This – League of Power
It's all tied to H.R. 1380: The energy bill being “fast-tracked” through Congress so Obama can sign it ASAP. No wonder one billionaire investor snapped up 5547604 shares of a little-known natural gas company in Vancouver ...
Source: Jim Sheridan






03/10/12
NH INSIDER- Your Source for NH Politics - Press Releases - Cooler ...
Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Richard Burr (R-NC) will offer the Pickens Payoff Plan (H. R. 1380 and S. 1863) as amendment #1782. This would subsidize the manufacture of heavy-duty trucks fueled by natural gas ...
Source: NH INSIDER






03/10/12
NH INSIDER- Your Source for NH Politics - Press Releases - Cooler ...
Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Richard Burr (R-NC) will offer the Pickens Payoff Plan (H. R. 1380 and S. 1863) as amendment #1782. This would subsidize the manufacture of heavy-duty trucks fueled by natural gas ...
Source: NH INSIDER







Latest Letters to Congress

  • H.R.1380 New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 rockpile1 March 08, 2012 I am writing as your constituent in the 7th Congressional district of Minnesota. I am writing as your constituent in the 7th Congressional district of Minnesota. I support H.R.1380 - New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.

    Sincerely,
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    Sincerely,
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S.1408 - New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions

All Bill Titles

  • Official: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation. as introduced.
  • Short: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions as introduced.

Interests that support this bill:

Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $125,220
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $97,491
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $84,353
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK] $52,176
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $45,100
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] $30,350
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] $30,150
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $29,300
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA] $26,750
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] $19,500
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2] $31,800
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11] $30,760
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $28,010
Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18] $21,100
Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7] $20,910
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6] $19,550
Rep. Martin Heinrich [D, NM-1] $19,278
Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20] $18,500
Rep. John Sullivan [R, OK-1] $16,500
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2] $16,000

Specific Organizations Supporting S.1408

  • American Clean Skies Foundation
  • american natural gas and technologies inc
  • pickens plan

Specific Organizations Opposing S.1408

  • International Metals & Energy Technology Ltd

H.R.1835 - New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2009

All Bill Titles

  • Short: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation. as introduced.

Interests that support this bill:

Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2] $30,800
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $25,000
Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18] $19,500
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6] $19,300
Rep. John Sullivan [R, OK-1] $16,500
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2] $16,000
Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4] $14,500
Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2] $14,500
Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4] $12,800
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4] $12,500
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK] $50,176
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] $19,500
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] $16,650
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $15,500
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] $14,000
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $13,300
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN] $11,250
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $11,250
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK] $11,200
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $11,000

Specific Organizations Supporting H.R.1835

  • American Gas & Technologies
  • American Clean Skies Foundation

Interests that oppose this bill:

Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

Name Amount Received
Rep. Allen West [R, FL-22] $17,800
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $13,800
Rep. Gary Peters [D, MI-9] $11,000
Rep. Todd Akin [R, MO-2] $10,600
Rep. Steven Chabot [R, OH-1] $10,100
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R, MS-1] $9,600
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7] $5,000
Rep. Timothy Walberg [R, MI-7] $4,800
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14] $4,500
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6] $4,000
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $15,375
Sen. Dean Heller [R, NV] $13,800
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] $9,600
Sen. Patrick Toomey [R, PA] $6,800
Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] $5,800
Sen. Rand Paul [R, KY] $5,250
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $4,250
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN] $3,000
Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT] $2,500
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK] $2,500

Specific Organizations Opposing H.R.1835

  • International Metals & Energy Technology Ltd

Bill Summary & Status 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) S.1863

S.1863
Latest Title: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011
Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] (introduced 11/15/2011)      Cosponsors (4)
Related Bills: H.R.1380
Latest Major Action: 11/15/2011 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

ALL ACTIONS:
11/15/2011:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 
SUMMARY AS OF:
11/15/2011--Introduced.
New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:
(1) allow an extension through 2016 of the tax credit for alternative fuel motor vehicles powered by compressed or liquefied natural gas and make Indian tribal governments eligible for such credit,
(2) allow an offset against regular and alternative minimum tax (AMT) liabilities of tax credits for such vehicles and allow the transferability of such credits,
(3) increase the tax credit for the purchase of such vehicles,
(4) allow a new business-related tax credit for the production of such vehicles, and
(5) extend through 2016 the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures for property servicing such vehicles and allow an increased tax credit rate for such property.
Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to provide funding to improve the performance and efficiency and integration of natural gas-powered motor vehicles and heavy-duty on-road vehicles.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants  to manufacturers of light and heavy duty natural gas vehicles for the development of engines that reduce emissions, improve performance and efficiency, and lower cost.
Expresses the sense of Congress the the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should further streamline the process for certification of natural gas vehicle retrofit kits to promote energy security while still fulfilling the mission of the Clean Air Act.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to allocate funds for vehicles that are repowered or converted to operate on an alternative fuel.
Allocates a federal share for the cost of acquiring vehicle-related equipment or facilities for complying with the Clean Air Act. 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and administer a program to encourage the development of natural gas fueling infrastructure to be used by transit agencies.
Replaces excise tax rates for liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas with the sum of the Highway Trust Fund and the Natural Gas Transportation Incentives financing rates.
COMMITTEE(S):
Committee/Subcommittee: Activity:
Senate Finance Referral, In Committee
RELATED BILL DETAILS:  (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)
Bill:Relationship:
H.R.1380Related bill identified by CRS
COSPONSORS(4), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)Sen Burr, Richard [NC] - 11/15/2011
Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] - 11/15/2011
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 1/23/2012
Sen Reid, Harry [NV] - 11/15/2011

Bill Summary & Status 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) H.R.1380

H.R.1380
Latest Title: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] (introduced 4/6/2011)      Cosponsors (181)
Related Bills: S.1863
Latest Major Action: 4/6/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

ALL ACTIONS:
4/6/2011:
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
4/6/2011:
Referred to House Ways and Means
4/6/2011:
Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
4/6/2011:
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
4/6/2011:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. 

SUMMARY AS OF:
4/6/2011--Introduced.

New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:
(1) allow an excise tax credit through 2016 for alternative fuels and fuel mixtures involving compressed or liquefied natural gas;
(2) allow an income tax credit through 2016 for alternative fuel motor vehicles powered by compressed or liquefied natural gas and make Indian tribal governments eligible for such credit;
(3) modify the tax credit percentage for alternative fuel vehicles fueled by natural gas or liquefied natural gas; (4) allow a new tax credit for the production of vehicles fueled by natural gas or liquefied natural gas; and
(5) extend through 2016 the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures for refueling property relating to compressed or liquefied natural gas and allow an increased credit for such property.
Requires the Secretary of Energy to provide funding to improve the performance, efficiency, and integration of natural gas powered motor vehicles and heavy-duty on-road vehicles. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to manufacturers of light and heavy duty natural gas vehicles for the development of engines that reduce emissions, improve performance and efficiency, and lower cost.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should streamline the process for certification of natural gas vehicle retrofit kits to promote energy security and provide incentives to encourage and reward manufacturers who produce natural gas powered vehicles.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to allocate funds for vehicles that are repowered or converted to operate on an alternative fuel.


COMMITTEE(S):

Committee/Subcommittee: Activity:
House Ways and Means Referral, In Committee
House Science, Space, and Technology Referral, In Committee
House Energy and Commerce Referral, In Committee
Subcommittee on Energy and PowerReferral

RELATED BILL DETAILS:  (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)

Bill:Relationship:
S.1863Related bill identified by CRS


COSPONSORS(181), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)
Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 4/6/2011
Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 4/6/2011
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 4/7/2011
Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 4/7/2011
Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 4/6/2011
Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 4/6/2011
Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 4/6/2011
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 4/7/2011
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 4/6/2011
Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 4/6/2011
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 4/6/2011
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 4/12/2011
Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 4/6/2011
Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1] - 4/12/2011
Rep Bono Mack, Mary [CA-45] - 4/6/2011
Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] - 4/6/2011
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 4/6/2011
Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [LA-7] - 4/6/2011
Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] - 4/6/2011
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 4/7/2011
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 4/6/2011
Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 4/7/2011
Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2] - 4/6/2011
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 4/6/2011
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] - 4/7/2011
Rep Carnahan, Russ [MO-3] - 4/7/2011
Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] - 4/7/2011
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 4/7/2011
Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] - 5/2/2011
Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 4/6/2011
Rep Cicilline, David N. [RI-1] - 5/12/2011
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 4/14/2011
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 4/6/2011
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 4/6/2011
Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 7/6/2011
Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 4/6/2011
Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] - 4/6/2011
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" [VA-11] - 4/12/2011
Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] - 4/6/2011
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 4/6/2011
Rep Critz, Mark S. [PA-12] - 4/6/2011
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 4/7/2011
Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] - 4/6/2011
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 4/6/2011
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 4/12/2011
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 4/7/2011
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 4/7/2011
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 4/6/2011
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 4/12/2011
Rep Denham, Jeff [CA-19] - 4/14/2011
Rep Donnelly, Joe [IN-2] - 4/6/2011
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 4/6/2011
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 4/7/2011
Rep Ellmers, Renee L. [NC-2] - 10/31/2011
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] - 4/7/2011
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 4/7/2011
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 4/7/2011
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 4/7/2011
Rep Fleming, John [LA-4] - 4/6/2011
Rep Forbes, J. Randy [VA-4] - 5/11/2011
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 5/12/2011
Rep Fudge, Marcia L. [OH-11] - 4/6/2011
Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] - 4/6/2011
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 4/8/2011
Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] - 4/14/2011
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 4/7/2011
Rep Granger, Kay [TX-12] - 5/24/2011
Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 4/7/2011
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 4/6/2011
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 4/7/2011
Rep Grimm, Michael G. [NY-13] - 4/6/2011
Rep Hall, Ralph M. [TX-4] - 4/6/2011
Rep Hanabusa, Colleen W. [HI-1] - 4/7/2011
Rep Harper, Gregg [MS-3] - 4/6/2011
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 4/7/2011
Rep Heinrich, Martin [NM-1] - 4/7/2011
Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] - 4/7/2011
Rep Himes, James A. [CT-4] - 4/12/2011
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 4/7/2011
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 4/7/2011
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 4/6/2011
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 4/7/2011
Rep Hunter, Duncan D. [CA-52] - 4/14/2011
Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] - 4/6/2011
Rep Jackson Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 5/12/2011
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 4/7/2011
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 4/12/2011
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 4/6/2011
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 4/6/2011
Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 4/7/2011
Rep Kissell, Larry [NC-8] - 4/6/2011
Rep Landry, Jeffrey M. [LA-3] - 4/7/2011
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 4/7/2011
Rep Lankford, James [OK-5] - 4/6/2011
Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 6/13/2011
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 4/6/2011
Rep LaTourette, Steven C. [OH-14] - 4/14/2011
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 4/7/2011
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 4/14/2011
Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 4/6/2011
Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 4/6/2011
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 4/7/2011
Rep Lucas, Frank D. [OK-3] - 4/6/2011
Rep Lujan, Ben Ray [NM-3] - 4/6/2011
Rep Lummis, Cynthia M. [WY] - 4/6/2011
Rep Lungren, Daniel E. [CA-3] - 4/14/2011
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 4/12/2011
Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 4/6/2011
Rep Marino, Tom [PA-10] - 4/15/2011
Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 4/6/2011
Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 4/12/2011
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 4/7/2011
Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 4/6/2011
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 4/14/2011
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 4/7/2011
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 6/3/2011
Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 4/6/2011
Rep Meehan, Patrick [PA-7] - 4/15/2011
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 4/12/2011
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 4/7/2011
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 4/14/2011
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 4/6/2011
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 4/7/2011
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 7/22/2011
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 5/24/2011
Rep Olson, Pete [TX-22] - 4/8/2011
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 4/7/2011
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 4/6/2011
Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] - 4/15/2011
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 4/6/2011
Rep Peters, Gary C. [MI-9] - 4/6/2011
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 4/14/2011
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 4/14/2011
Rep Posey, Bill [FL-15] - 4/14/2011
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] - 4/7/2011
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 4/12/2011
Rep Reed, Tom [NY-29] - 4/13/2011
Rep Rehberg, Denny [MT] - 4/6/2011
Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 4/12/2011
Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] - 4/12/2011
Rep Richmond, Cedric L. [LA-2] - 4/7/2011
Rep Rogers, Mike D. [AL-3] - 4/6/2011
Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] - 5/13/2011
Rep Rooney, Thomas J. [FL-16] - 4/7/2011
Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 4/6/2011
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 4/7/2011
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 4/6/2011
Rep Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [MP] - 4/6/2011
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 4/7/2011
Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 2/3/2012
Rep Scalise, Steve [LA-1] - 4/6/2011
Rep Schrader, Kurt [OR-5] - 6/13/2011
Rep Scott, Austin [GA-8] - 4/8/2011
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 4/7/2011
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 4/6/2011
Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 4/6/2011
Rep Sewell, Terri A. [AL-7] - 4/14/2011
Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11] - 4/12/2011
Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] - 4/6/2011
Rep Simpson, Michael K. [ID-2] - 4/6/2011
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 4/7/2011
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 4/7/2011
Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 4/8/2011
Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-12] - 4/12/2011
Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 4/6/2011
Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] - 4/6/2011
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 4/6/2011
Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] - 4/7/2011
Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [OH-12] - 5/12/2011
Rep Tonko, Paul [NY-21] - 4/6/2011
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 4/12/2011
Rep Tsongas, Niki [MA-5] - 9/12/2011
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 4/12/2011
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 4/7/2011
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 4/6/2011
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] - 4/12/2011
Rep Wilson, Frederica [FL-17] - 4/12/2011
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - 4/7/2011
Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 4/6/2011
Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 4/7/2011
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 4/14/2011
Rep Thompson, Glenn [PA-5] - 4/6/2011(withdrawn - 5/26/2011)
Rep Murphy, Tim [PA-18] - 4/6/2011(withdrawn - 11/4/2011)
Rep Gardner, Cory [CO-4] - 4/6/2011(withdrawn - 6/13/2011)
Rep Rigell, E. Scott [VA-2] - 4/7/2011(withdrawn - 6/16/2011)
Rep Tipton, Scott [CO-3] - 4/7/2011(withdrawn - 6/13/2011)
Rep Kline, John [MN-2] - 4/7/2011(withdrawn - 6/14/2011)
Rep Griffin, Tim [AR-2] - 4/12/2011(withdrawn - 5/26/2011)
Rep Kelly, Mike [PA-3] - 4/12/2011(withdrawn - 6/14/2011)
Rep Bucshon, Larry [IN-8] - 4/13/2011(withdrawn - 6/13/2011)
Rep Cassidy, Bill [LA-6] - 4/14/2011(withdrawn - 7/13/2011)
Rep Pearce, Stevan [NM-2] - 4/14/2011(withdrawn - 5/10/2011)
Rep Farenthold, Blake [TX-27] - 4/15/2011(withdrawn - 6/16/2011)
Rep Barletta, Lou [PA-11] - 4/15/2011(withdrawn - 2/17/2012)
Rep Nugent, Richard [FL-5] - 4/15/2011(withdrawn - 6/16/2011)
Rep Coffman, Mike [CO-6] - 5/3/2011(withdrawn - 6/13/2011)
Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 5/12/2011(withdrawn - 5/23/2011)
Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1] - 5/24/2011(withdrawn - 10/14/2011)
Rep Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [PA-8] - 5/26/2011(withdrawn - 9/15/2011)
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 6/3/2011(withdrawn - 6/22/2011)
Rep Turner, Michael R. [OH-3] - 6/3/2011(withdrawn - 10/12/2011)