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Expect to see more House Dems publicly express concerns a la Huffman over the permitting bill after the Nov elections.
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Scoop: The Senate is set to announce staffers will soon gain access to Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude, which aides have been clamoring to get for months
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We're taking a hard look at the 400+ page permitting reform bill now before Congress—including its “green flags” that could help get more clean energy on the grid and its “red flags” that could weaken critical environmental protections and spur unfettered fossil fuel expansion.
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.@SenatorHeinrich is right:
Whether you’re liberal or conservative, you’ll like what our bipartisan permitting-reform bill will do for America.
If we want cheaper energy, we need permitting reform.
If we want to force data centers to pay their fair share and then some, we need permitting reform.
If we want to build out clean energy and the jobs that come with it, we need permitting reform.
And all of that reform is in our Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.
Let’s get this done.
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ICYMI a less known HHS agency-the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-is part of the appropriations fight between the White House and Congress. Pocket rescission proposes to claw back $28 million allocated to the agency.
A health agency tasked with researching healthcare quality in the US has become embroiled in budget fights between the Trump administration and Congress. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
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Scoop from Politico team: Trump admin preparing to ban diesel exports for 90 days @bjlefebvre @meredithllee @scottpwaldman
politico.com/news/2026/09/23…
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Sen. Whitehouse said he expects text to be released “shortly” and that “final corrections and proofreading is being done.” He said they have a deal on text and plan to release this week
@SenCapito says negotiators expect to release permitting draft text this wk before Senate leaves and the four corners “have reached a deal.”
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Permitting reform is one of the best things we can do for our country, and the package negotiated in the Senate is objectively good for our country. We should take it up and pass it this work period, instead of waiting and potentially missing our window.
Calif Dem Scott Peters urged Senate to “finalize a deal this month” to “give people time
to review” and “and build a coalition of support.” Peters has worked with Rs and Ds on permitting bills.
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New: Energy Sec Chris Wright tells @kelseytam at event in Pa. that the Trump admin is still committed to passing permitting in lame duck: "If if it gets passed in November instead of September, it's still a big win for the American people. We want to get permitting reform done."
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If the Senate recesses until after the election without a vote on comprehensive & durable permitting reform, that would be a betrayal of the trust the American people have placed in us.
We owe it to our constituents to stay in town until this is done.
Senators could leave Washington early if they fail to reach permitting reform deal offthepress.com/r/151510?c=s…
News: Ohio Sen. Husted asking Senate to quickly move on his data center bill before midterms. Husted in tough race against Dem Sherrod Brown. Data centers in state, energy costs r huge issue in race. For BGOV subscribers: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
Democrats direct govt watchdog to investigate Puerto Rico's ongoing water crisis: democrats-naturalresources.h… I wrpte about PR's water emergency last week: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
Senate Dems led by @SenatorHeinrich are skeptical of Interior wilderness review believing it's a fig leaf to undermine conservation: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
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Jeanine Pirro berated Doug Burgum. But Interior staffers have been angry at him for months. dlvr.it/TTvPtB
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ICYMI from @benjaminpenn
FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to shrink his legal advisory office, deepening divisions with his general counsel as outside lawsuits challenge prior staff terminations, said people familiar with the situation. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Puerto Rico has been grappling with a serious water shortage crisis since June, as summer heats up and the most dangerous part of hurricane season looms. Congress' response? Mostly crickets. For BGov subscribers: bgov.com/news/TJB2S5VTTD0I
Bipartisan permitting legislation will basically be dead if lawmakers can't enact something by end of 2026 and Dems take over House next year, says @SenArmstrong @ACCFmedia #permittingreformforum