Cash For Caulkers Blog » Jeff Bingham http://cashforcaulkersblog.com News on the U.S. Government's Homestar Program Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:44:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cash For Caulkers Bill Still Under Consideration in the Senate http://cashforcaulkersblog.com/homestar/cash-for-caulkers-bill-still-under-consideration-in-the-senate http://cashforcaulkersblog.com/homestar/cash-for-caulkers-bill-still-under-consideration-in-the-senate#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:24:08 +0000 Cash For Caulkers http://cashforcaulkersblog.com/?p=114 According to an article published this evening on CNNMoney.com, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said that any energy bill the Senate would pursue would focus on four areas, one of which is the Homestar program, commonly referred to as Cash for Caulkers.

The Sponsor of the bill in the Senate is Senator Jeff Bingham, a Democrat from New Mexico.  Co-sponsors are Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator Mark R. Warner.  Senate bill S.3177, referred to as the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, has been referred to the Committee on Finance.

The House of Representatives passed the $6 billion Cash for Caulkers bill on May 6, 2010.

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