Shutdown Stalls Industry Push For Permitting Reforms Amid Hill Skepticism

The government shutdown has put off for at least a month the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s major one-day lobbying push for passage of bipartisan environmental permitting reforms, a delay that is fueling Capitol Hill skepticism that such a deal could be reached this Congress even as principal lawmakers on the issue remain engaged, sources say. As the partial shutdown drags on, it threatens to deflate what many saw as growing momentum for a bipartisan deal, including long-sought revisions to the...