The House GOP is preparing a massive new energy bill. Speaker Kevin McCarthy is hopeful the bill will unite his sometimes fractured party, whose members touted many of the energy-related proposals on the campaign trail. But, passage of the bill will not be easy.
The package includes both long-time ideological priorities, such as boosting drilling on federal lands, as well as an opening bid to ease permitting of energy projects, a policy area of bipartisan interest. But since the Republicans hold such a slim majority, moving the bill to the finish could prove tricky. Politico’s Josh Siegel breaks down the key points in the bill, and the challenges McCarthy could face ahead of the legislation hitting the floor at the end of March.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio. Afra Abdullah is an associate producer for POLITICO audio. Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.
