Election Boosts GOP Sway On Capitol Hill, Amid IRA Rollback Questions

The Republican takeover of the Senate after the Nov. 5 election will significantly strengthen the party’s hand on Capitol Hill, even as questions remain about the extent of the GOP’s attacks on clean energy measures in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and how much leverage Democrats will have to slow the incoming Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda. Many important questions -- including the substance and process of possible legislation on energy project permit streamlining -- could also depend on control of...