Senators revive energy-efficiency bill with new co-sponsors

A bipartisan pair of senators pushing energy-efficiency legislation said the changes baked into the latest version introduced Thursday has a better chance than ever of clearing the upper chamber.

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, added 10 bipartisan amendments to the text of the latest version of their energy-efficiency bill, which, in some form, dates to the last Congress. Doing so allowed the senators to pick up more Republican co-sponsors, leaving the bill’s architects confident they have 60 votes.