Senate Rules Chief Blocks Fast Track For GOP Fossil Fuel Measures

The Senate parliamentarian has determined that multiple natural resource-related provisions of Senate Republicans’ pending budget reconciliation bill, including several that encourage fossil fuel development, are ineligible for fast-track consideration and thus might be ultimately removed from the package. The parliamentarian’s findings were announced by Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee in a June 23 release , adding to the list of measures that violate the Senate’s “Byrd rule” that determines which elements can be included in reconciliation legislation passed with...