Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008
Sponsor: CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY)
Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify expiring provisions related to energy production and conservation and to provide for revenue enhancements. Title I: Energy Production Incentives - Subtitle A: Renewable Energy Incentives - (Sec. 101) Extends the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources: (1) through 2009 for wind and refined coal facilities; and (2) through 2010 for closed and open-loop biomass, geothermal or solar energy, small irrigation power, landfill gas, trash combustion, and hydropower facilities. Modifies tax credit rules for refined coal, trash, and biomass facilities and for hydropower production.
Taxation Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 137 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.
Who won, and how much of the country was behind them
The dotted gap is 5.2% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.
| Side | Outcome | Votes | Share of U.S. adults |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | Won | 93 | 94.6% |
| Nay | Lost | 2 | 0.3% |
| Not represented on this question | No position taken | 0 | 5.2% |