Energy and Environment

Congressional Progressive Caucus members.

Progressive Caucus announces opposition to permitting bill over environmental law reforms

Callie Patteson · November 11, 2026 9:48 am

A person walks a dog past signs about gas, food prices and voting on Nov. 3, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, from left, Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., talk to reporters about the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act to reform the federal environmental review and permitting process, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The 24 Democrats and one Republican who voted against advancing the Senate permitting bill

Lee, Moore Capito, Whitehouse, and Heinrich.

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Wind turbines can be seen from Patterson Pass Road in Livermore, California.

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Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of going after Exxon Mobil for not having a politically acceptable view of climate change. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

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Kyle Feldscher September 29, 2016 5:39 pm

Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe and Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer committed to reaching a compromise after the House voted on the $5 billion Water Resources Development Act. (AP Photo)

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Kyle Feldscher September 29, 2016 4:32 pm

The House on Wednesday passed a $5 billion water infrastructure bill that was critical in efforts to keep the federal government open past Friday. (AP Image)

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Kyle Feldscher September 28, 2016 10:24 pm

More than 70 Dems ask president to use authority to block drilling in Atlantic and Arctic oceans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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John Siciliano September 28, 2016 10:13 pm

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Kyle Feldscher September 28, 2016 9:50 pm

The cartel would cut output by about 750,000 barrels per day in a bid to raise prices. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Kyle Feldscher September 28, 2016 7:51 pm

Rep. Dan Kildee says attaching Flint funding to a water bill is the "best available path." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Kyle Feldscher September 28, 2016 7:26 pm

The energy industry and environmentalists could be waiting around a while for President Trump's executive order scrapping former President Barack Obama's climate change agenda to take effect. AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

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John Siciliano September 28, 2016 6:55 pm

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John Siciliano September 28, 2016 5:01 pm

Republican leaders late Tuesday agreed to let Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., offer a Flint aid amendment to a House water resources bill that the House is considering today. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Susan Ferrechio September 28, 2016 1:45 pm

Federal appeals court judges went after both the Obama administration and its opponents equally on Tuesday, in a whirlwind series of oral arguments meant to suss out the centerpiece of the president's climate change agenda. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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