Capitol Hill Watchers See Long Odds For Clean Electricity Standard

Former Senate staffers are skeptical that lawmakers can pass a clean electricity standard (CES), a key measure for limiting greenhouse gases, using expedited budget procedures -- or possibly at all -- as part of infrastructure legislation, arguing the policy faces long odds despite support from House Democrats and the Biden administration. Two former Senate staffers told April 6 discussion hosted by the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright that getting such legislation approved -- even if lawmakers were to use the...