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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County and dozens of other counties around the western United States that benefit from the proceeds of geothermal leases and royalties won a small victory this week.

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The Obama administration’s energy chief asked Congress on Tuesday to consider nuclear power and other nonrenewable sources in a mandate for utilities to use more clean energy, which could attract Republicans who have opposed focusing exclusively on renewable energy like wind.

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Do you like this blog post? Some in Congress are intent on making a bad situation even worse. Despite calls from across the country – including 67 newspaper editorials , over 80,000 letters from clean energy advocates , and opposition from a bi-partisan group of Senators and one of the broadest coalitions imaginable – lame-duck lawmakers are pushing ahead with ethanol earmarks.

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Do you like this blog post? Some in Congress are intent on making a bad situation even worse. Despite calls from across the country – including 67 newspaper editorials , over 80,000 letters from clean energy advocates , and opposition from a bi-partisan group of Senators and one of the broadest coalitions imaginable – lame-duck lawmakers are pushing ahead with ethanol earmarks.

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WASHINGTON — Two weeks after Sen. Barbara Boxer celebrated what she deemed “the most rewarding victory I’ve ever had” — her defeat of Republican Carly Fiorina — the Rancho Mirage Democrat is back in Washington and ready to get to work.

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Some tech issues may be areas of agreement in a split Congress next year, some observers say.

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Imagine if the government made you spend 20 percent of your family’s food budget on asparagus. It might be costlier than other vegetables, but Congress and the president say it’s good for you. Asparagus producers are ecstatic — no more competing with other vegetables for your business. And because there’s a mandate, they don’t even have to worry about lowering costs.

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A lame-duck period comes between the congressional election in November and the start of the new Congress in January. During this time, Congress can be in session but operates with many lawmakers just voted out of office and with none of the newly elected members, except victorious incumbents.

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Election: Defeated Rep. Michael E. McMahon, D

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With political control of the House and Senate now decided, the next big question becomes: gridlock or compromise? President …

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