Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seeking to add their bills to a fast-moving bipartisan energy package, which is expected to hit the Senate floor for a vote on Thursday. The American Energy Innovation Act is sponsored by Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and would spur research and development into renewables as well as technology to ease pollution from fossil fuels. The 555-page proposal already includes proposals reflecting more than 50 bipartisan bills that have already been forwarded from the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee. That may just be the beginning, as a number of lawmakers are eager to add a few more bills to the compilation before it reaches the floor for a vote. Two bipartisan proposals, one from Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) on building codes and another from Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Tom […]