2026-09-25 · Washington Examiner
🔮 Senate Republicans are upping pressure on their Democratic colleagues to vote on a permitting reform bill before the chamber breaks next week, insisting that a delay to after the midterm elections will all but kill the legislation.
“Like so many other things, this project to diminish the delays is itself likely going to die on the vine because of this delay they’re insisting on,” Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Lee said last night of Democrats, who are punting a permitting vote to get more of their caucus on board. assertive