SENATE GOP MAY DEFER CONTROVERSIAL REFINERY ISSUES UNTIL CONFERENCE

A key Senate Republican is suggesting that lawmakers may have to wait until a possible congressional conference committee negotiates refinery legislation before deciding whether to pursue controversial proposals in a House GOP bill that are intended to boost refining capacity in the wake of the two recent hurricanes. The suggestion by Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM) could foreshadow the emerging strategy to pass refinery legislation, as the House may approve as early as next week a...