GOP Eyes Blocking Permitting Bill To Retaliate Over Climate Package

Lawmakers and observers are suggesting that congressional Republicans might block a permitting overhaul bill that Democratic leadership has pledged to pursue in the coming weeks to speed approvals of a variety of energy projects, in part to retaliate against Democrats for enacting their climate-heavy budget reconciliation bill. “I will not vote for a continuing resolution that’s part of a political payback scheme,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said in remarks reported Aug. 11 by the Wall Street Journal , alluding to...