The path ahead for the permitting bill
The Senate's bipartisan permitting bill advanced in a lopsided vote on Monday, but key hurdles lie ahead.
Key points
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement afterward that he has "outstanding concerns" with the bill that he'll "fight to address" through amendments.
- His comments shortly before Monday's vote that he would not approve wind turbines, while reiterating his full support for the bill, rocketed around the Capitol.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) criticized the bill last week and called for more engagement with his caucus.
"This bill is the floor, not the ceiling, of our climate and environmental aspirations, and we look forward to working to accomplish big things with our big Democratic majorities," he said in the Capitol.
Heinrich and Whitehouse, at a pre-vote press conference, emphasized affordability, data center accountability and jobs before touting power sector emissions curbs from the bill.
Additional details
- The 73-25 split to advance the bill "was as good or a little bit better" than what co-author Sen.
- And the White House reaffirmed that the president "stands 100%" behind the bill.
- Bernie Sanders were against advancing the bill toward full debate.
- The bill's success depends on Trump officials "getting wind turbines up and spinning to get affordable energy on the grid," and progress is needed before final passage, Whitehouse said in a statement.
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) is against final passage unless changes to the National Historic Preservation Act are jettisoned, citing tribal concerns.
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