All Posts from August, 2010
Hydrofracking provision in Congress – Another process foul
Posted: August 3, 2010 by Ken Cohen
A few weeks ago, I talked about my disappointment with Congress for sneaking the so-called “transparency” provision into the Financial Regulatory Reform Bill. It appears Congress has done it again. At the eleventh hour, without any debate or committee markup, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid slipped language into the Senate energy bill last week (page 404 of the 409-page bill) targeting hydraulic fracturing.