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Popular wind-energy tax credit stumbles in Congress
Colorado's entire delegation - save GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs - supports an extension. So does Iowa's congressional delegation. Lots of senators and House members, both liberals and conservatives, have signed up to support it.
But the production-tax-credit extension - which costs $4.1 billion over 10 years and includes some other renewables such as geothermal - has thrice failed in the U.S. Senate.
April 2, 2012
by Allison Sherry
in The Denver Post
WASHINGTON - Though the wind- energy tax credit is widely supported among Republicans and Democrats here, the push to get it extended has become an almost full-time job on the part of a handful of senators, including Colorado's two Democrats.
Colorado's entire delegation - save GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs - supports an extension. So does Iowa's congressional delegation. Lots of senators and House members, both liberals and conservatives, have signed up to support it.
But the production-tax-credit extension - which costs $4.1 billion over 10 years and includes some other renewables such as geothermal - has thrice failed in... [continue via Web link]
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