Dole given award on home energy help

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:09:03 -0400

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has been praised for her support of home-energy assistance.

In June, the National Fuel Funds Network, a nonprofit coalition of energy assistance providers, awarded the Salisbury Republican a "2008 Extra Mile Award."

The award, noted by Dole on her campaign Web site, was given in recognition of her support for emergency funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.

The group praised Dole for recent legislation on its Web site:

Sen. Dole, was honored for co-sponsoring an amendment offered by Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) to include $800 million for the program in appropriations legislation last December and for leading an effort to insure that such an amendment would be allocated equally between formula grants and emergency contingency funds to insure a national deployment of the aid.

Dole was criticized in a recent TV ad by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for voting against an emergency funding bill in 2006. Her staff said that bill was skewed to northern states.

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Dole given award on home energy help