Senate reaches bipartisan deal on permitting bill for energy projects

Senators from both parties are saying they have reached a bipartisan deal on legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects that now face yearslong delays as lawmakers seek to meet growing demand for electricity and other forms of energy. Republican Sen.

Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, called the bill “a major step toward making it faster and more efficient and easier to build infrastructure projects” of all types. Despite that optimism, a vote on the bill will not occur until after the midterm elections. The delay reflects the fraught political reality as elections loom that could change partisan control of both chambers.

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