Ryan: Energy bill officially dead

Published December 8, 2016 12:28am ET



There will be no massive energy bill this year, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office said Wednesday evening.

House and Senate conferees have struggled for months to get a deal they could send to the president’s desk before the end of the year. But the election of Donald Trump slowed the process as House leaders said they would wait until next year to get a better deal under a GOP administration.

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