Includes all politicians who were in office at any point during the 114th Congress.

S. 2089 - American Energy Innovation Act

Energy. 114th Congress (2015-2016) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to provide for investment in clean energy, to empower and protect consumers, to modernize energy infrastructure, to cut pollution and waste, to invest in research and development, and for other purposes. (by CRS) 
Status:
The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar. 
There have been no votes on this bill.

American Energy Innovation Act

S. 2089 — 114th Congress (2015–2016)

Summary
A bill to provide for investment in clean energy, to empower and protect consumers, to modernize energy infrastructure, to cut pollution and waste, to invest in research and development, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to provide for investment in clean energy, to empower and protect consumers, to modernize energy infrastructure, to cut pollution and waste, to invest in research and development, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • American Energy Innovation Act
  • American Energy Innovation Act
Sponsor
Maria Cantwell
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Energy
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Air quality
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • Building construction
  • Business investment and capital
  • Canada
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Coal
  • Commemorative events and holidays
  • Commodities markets
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of the Interior
  • Education programs funding
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment and training programs
  • Energy assistance for the poor and aged
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Energy prices
  • Energy research
  • Energy revenues and royalties
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Environmental technology
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Government trust funds
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Higher education
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
  • Income tax credits
  • Income tax deductions
  • Industrial facilities
  • Inflation and prices
  • International law and treaties
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Land use and conservation
  • Latin America
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Lighting and heating
  • Low- and moderate-income housing
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Materials
  • Mexico
  • Motor carriers
  • Motor fuels
  • Motor vehicles
  • Oil and gas
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails
  • Pedestrians and bicycling
  • Performance measurement
  • Pipelines
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public utilities and utility rates
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Residential rehabilitation and home repair
  • Roads and highways
  • Sales and excise taxes
  • Science and engineering education
  • Securities
  • Small business
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • Strategic materials and reserves
  • Taxation of foreign income
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula
  • Technology assessment
  • Transportation safety and security
  • User charges and fees
  • Vocational and technical education
  • Water quality
  • Water use and supply
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Major Actions
Introduced9/28/2015
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced9/28/2015
9/28/2015Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
9/28/2015Introduced in Senate
Put on a legislative calendar9/29/2015Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

4.7 times as much
$5,398,859
$2,063,952
$7,379,240
$45,000
$525,766
$15,412,817
$3,297,763
$3,297,763

opposed this bill

8 Organizations Supported and 1 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
American Energy Innovation Act

8 organizations supported this bill

Center for American Progress
Dotson, Greg (2015, September 22). STATEMENT: CAP Energy Vice President Applauds Senate Legislation Aimed at Cutting Carbon Emissions. Retrieved October 1, 2015, from Center for American Progress.
Conservation Law Foundation
Sloan, Caitlin Peale (2015, September 23). Senate Democrats Propose Pathway to Clean Energy Future. Retrieved October 1, 2015, from Conservation Law Foundation.
Environment America
Environment America (2015, September 22). Senate Democrats release blueprint for clean energy future. Retrieved September 30, 2015, from Environment America.
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters (2015, September 22). LCV Statement on the Democratic Senate Energy bill. Retrieved September 30, 2015, from League of Conservation Voters.
Oxfam America
Coleman, Heather (2015, September 24). Oxfam’s reaction to the American Energy Innovation Act. Retrieved October 1, 2015, from Oxfam America.
Sierra Club
Sierra Club (2015, September 22). SIERRA CLUB: AMERICAN ENERGY INNOVATION ACT “A BOLD, AMBITIOUS VISION” FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE ACTION. Retrieved September 30, 2015, from Sierra Club.
Solar Energy Industries Association
Solar Energy Industries Association (2015, September 22). Solar Industry Applauds Democratic Energy Bill. Retrieved September 30, 2015, from Solar Energy Industries Association.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2015, October 1). USCCB Committee Chairs Welcome Congressional Initiatives Responding to Pope Francis' Call to Care for Creation. Retrieved October 9, 2015, from United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

1 organization opposed this bill

American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (2015, September 22). ACCCE Decries Senate Democrats’ Energy and Climate Change Bill. Retrieved September 30, 2015, from American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 114th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, November 29, 2010 – November 28, 2016.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org

Contributions by Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$35,750$23,425
Kelly AyotteRNH$30,488$10,600
Tammy BaldwinDWI$751,529$0
John BarrassoRWY$2,500$127,356
Michael F. BennetDCO$1,206,076$0
Richard BlumenthalDCT$103,314$1,000
Roy BluntRMO$63,650$91,400
Cory A. BookerDNJ$223,446$0
John BoozmanRAR$17,085$2,000
Barbara BoxerDCA$5,647$0
Sherrod BrownDOH$696,750$2,750
Richard BurrRNC$44,050$36,400
Maria CantwellDWA$237,664$0
Shelley Moore CapitoRWV$9,700$299,494
Ben CardinDMD$60,025$0
Tom CarperDDE$29,219$0
Bob CaseyDPA$111,404$19,000
Bill CassidyRLA$49,476$101,950
Daniel CoatsRIN$4,500$6,200
William Thad CochranRMS$15,100$15,000
Susan M. CollinsRME$58,947$4,250
Christopher A. CoonsDDE$104,872$0
Bob CorkerRTN$10,100$23,176
John CornynRTX$13,000$33,050
Tom CottonRAR$26,720$76,850
Mike CrapoRID$14,700$26,756
Ted CruzRTX$16,299$23,414
Steve DainesRMT$2,900$117,950
Joe DonnellyDIN$115,990$19,500
Dick DurbinDIL$158,199$4,500
Mike EnziRWY$2,000$63,300
Joni ErnstRIA$8,000$33,500
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$48,722$0
Deb FischerRNE$22,500$20,435
Jeff FlakeRAZ$22,600$58,502
Al FrankenDMN$386,775$0
Cory GardnerRCO$41,451$116,750
Kirsten E. GillibrandDNY$221,371$0
Lindsey GrahamRSC$51,363$37,125
Chuck GrassleyRIA$138,341$1,600
Orrin G. HatchRUT$34,368$25,000
Martin HeinrichDNM$472,281$0
Heidi HeitkampDND$87,400$25,500
Dean HellerRNV$61,750$118,134
Mazie K. HironoDHI$156,214$0
John HoevenRND$37,833$62,423
Jim InhofeROK$1,750$63,600
Johnny IsaksonRGA$9,600$6,250
Ron JohnsonRWI$3,425$19,625
Tim KaineDVA$696,533$1,500
Angus S. King, Jr.IME$101,835$0
Mark KirkRIL$41,720$39,125
Amy KlobucharDMN$70,113$0
James LankfordROK$7,600$32,075
Patrick J. LeahyDVT$116,783$0
Mike LeeRUT$253$21,895
Joe Manchin, IIIDWV$45,625$240,050
Ed MarkeyDMA$630,767$0
John McCainRAZ$6,675$5,200
Claire McCaskillDMO$189,536$11,100
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$27,200$361,700
Bob MenéndezDNJ$46,450$1,000
Jeff MerkleyDOR$278,933$0
Barbara A. MikulskiDMD$250$0
Jerry MoranRKS$20,950$0
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$56,718$54,286
Chris MurphyDCT$405,741$0
Patty MurrayDWA$336,930$0
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$175,200$0
Rand PaulRKY$5,395$85,769
David PerdueRGA$5,400$32,900
Gary C. PetersDMI$728,192$0
Rob PortmanROH$74,640$60,134
John "Jack" ReedDRI$27,475$0
Harry ReidDNV$68,759$0
Jim RischRID$2,500$25,000
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$22,300$28,825
Mike RoundsRSD$31,050$52,117
Marco RubioRFL$30,835$26,850
Bernie SandersIVT$380,982$0
Ben SasseRNE$3,700$25,775
Brian SchatzDHI$448,965$0
Chuck SchumerDNY$282,901$0
Tim ScottRSC$18,100$61,700
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$17,000
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$373,256$0
Richard C. ShelbyRAL$0$2,500
Debbie StabenowDMI$157,841$3,500
Dan SullivanRAK$10,843$71,100
Jon TesterDMT$442,057$3,000
John ThuneRSD$92,196$24,677
Thom TillisRNC$19,501$97,700
Patrick J. ToomeyRPA$13,134$118,194
Tom UdallDNM$283,915$0
David VitterRLA$19,800$43,950
Mark R. WarnerDVA$116,152$3,500
Elizabeth WarrenDMA$2,024,747$0
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$156,917$0
Roger F. WickerRMS$5,750$25,376
Ron WydenDOR$282,858$2,500

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$35,750$23,425
Kelly AyotteRNH$30,488$10,600
Tammy BaldwinDWI$751,529$0
John BarrassoRWY$2,500$127,356
Michael F. BennetDCO$1,206,076$0
Richard BlumenthalDCT$103,314$1,000
Roy BluntRMO$63,650$91,400
Cory A. BookerDNJ$223,446$0
John BoozmanRAR$17,085$2,000
Barbara BoxerDCA$5,647$0
Sherrod BrownDOH$696,750$2,750
Richard BurrRNC$44,050$36,400
Maria CantwellDWA$237,664$0
Shelley Moore CapitoRWV$9,700$299,494
Ben CardinDMD$60,025$0
Tom CarperDDE$29,219$0
Bob CaseyDPA$111,404$19,000
Bill CassidyRLA$49,476$101,950
Daniel CoatsRIN$4,500$6,200
William Thad CochranRMS$15,100$15,000
Susan M. CollinsRME$58,947$4,250
Christopher A. CoonsDDE$104,872$0
Bob CorkerRTN$10,100$23,176
John CornynRTX$13,000$33,050
Tom CottonRAR$26,720$76,850
Mike CrapoRID$14,700$26,756
Ted CruzRTX$16,299$23,414
Steve DainesRMT$2,900$117,950
Joe DonnellyDIN$115,990$19,500
Dick DurbinDIL$158,199$4,500
Mike EnziRWY$2,000$63,300
Joni ErnstRIA$8,000$33,500
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$48,722$0
Deb FischerRNE$22,500$20,435
Jeff FlakeRAZ$22,600$58,502
Al FrankenDMN$386,775$0
Cory GardnerRCO$41,451$116,750
Kirsten E. GillibrandDNY$221,371$0
Lindsey GrahamRSC$51,363$37,125
Chuck GrassleyRIA$138,341$1,600
Orrin G. HatchRUT$34,368$25,000
Martin HeinrichDNM$472,281$0
Heidi HeitkampDND$87,400$25,500
Dean HellerRNV$61,750$118,134
Mazie K. HironoDHI$156,214$0
John HoevenRND$37,833$62,423
Jim InhofeROK$1,750$63,600
Johnny IsaksonRGA$9,600$6,250
Ron JohnsonRWI$3,425$19,625
Tim KaineDVA$696,533$1,500
Angus S. King, Jr.IME$101,835$0
Mark KirkRIL$41,720$39,125
Amy KlobucharDMN$70,113$0
James LankfordROK$7,600$32,075
Patrick J. LeahyDVT$116,783$0
Mike LeeRUT$253$21,895
Joe Manchin, IIIDWV$45,625$240,050
Ed MarkeyDMA$630,767$0
John McCainRAZ$6,675$5,200
Claire McCaskillDMO$189,536$11,100
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$27,200$361,700
Bob MenéndezDNJ$46,450$1,000
Jeff MerkleyDOR$278,933$0
Barbara A. MikulskiDMD$250$0
Jerry MoranRKS$20,950$0
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$56,718$54,286
Chris MurphyDCT$405,741$0
Patty MurrayDWA$336,930$0
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$175,200$0
Rand PaulRKY$5,395$85,769
David PerdueRGA$5,400$32,900
Gary C. PetersDMI$728,192$0
Rob PortmanROH$74,640$60,134
John "Jack" ReedDRI$27,475$0
Harry ReidDNV$68,759$0
Jim RischRID$2,500$25,000
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$22,300$28,825
Mike RoundsRSD$31,050$52,117
Marco RubioRFL$30,835$26,850
Bernie SandersIVT$380,982$0
Ben SasseRNE$3,700$25,775
Brian SchatzDHI$448,965$0
Chuck SchumerDNY$282,901$0
Tim ScottRSC$18,100$61,700
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$17,000
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$373,256$0
Richard C. ShelbyRAL$0$2,500
Debbie StabenowDMI$157,841$3,500
Dan SullivanRAK$10,843$71,100
Jon TesterDMT$442,057$3,000
John ThuneRSD$92,196$24,677
Thom TillisRNC$19,501$97,700
Patrick J. ToomeyRPA$13,134$118,194
Tom UdallDNM$283,915$0
David VitterRLA$19,800$43,950
Mark R. WarnerDVA$116,152$3,500
Elizabeth WarrenDMA$2,024,747$0
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$156,917$0
Roger F. WickerRMS$5,750$25,376
Ron WydenDOR$282,858$2,500

Interest Groups that supported this bill

$ Donated
Democratic/Liberal$7,379,240
Environmental policy$5,398,859
Alternate energy production & services$2,063,952
Churches, clergy & religious organizations$525,766
Human Rights$45,000

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

$ Donated
Coal mining$3,297,763
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