Failure Of Hill Permitting Push Prompts Initial Doubts On Action Next Year

December 17, 2024
Lawmakers’ failure to reach a lame-duck permitting agreement is prompting early questions about whether they will find it any easier to enact such streamlining legislation for clean energy and other projects next year, even as Republicans are pledging to make the issue a priority in the next Congress. For now, Democrats and Republicans are sparring to assign blame for the current gridlock, which comes despite calls from a variety of industry groups for lame-duck action though conservative groups pushed back...


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