The Clean Energy Act of 2007 (HR 6), is a bill proposed by Democrats in the 110th United States Congress to reduce American dependency on foreign oil "by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve." The law would also eliminate certain subsidies and tax breaks for "Big Oil." The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... The 110th United States Congress is the present session of the Legislature of the United States federal government. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Big Oil is a term used to describe the the individual and collective economic power of the largest oil and gasoline manufacturers, and their perceived influence on politics, particularly in the United States. ...

The bill was approved by a 264 to 163 vote of the U.S. House of Representatives. It would become law if approved by the U.S. Senate and signed by the President of the United States.[1] The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ...