The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee easily approved a high-profile bipartisan bill to streamline the approval process for both fossil fuel and electric power transmission projects, although the measure faces a tricky path forward in the full Senate.

The panel passed Sens. Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY)’s permitting reform bill in a 15-4 vote Wednesday, just a week following the legislation’s introduction.

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