Senate Votes Down Renewable Energy Tax Extensions....Again

For the second time in a week, the Senate has voted not to begin debate on the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (H.R. 6049) by a vote of 52 (Yea) to 44 (Nay). The Senate defeated a similar motion last week by a vote of 50 (Y) to 44 (N). The motion needed 60 votes to pass.

Republican Senators refuse to move the bill forward because of differences with Democratic Senators over how to pay for the bill.
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