Democrats Divided on Timing for Permitting Reform Bill

• A group of left-leaning Senate Democrats want to delay a vote on the permitting reform bill until the White House restores clean energy funding.
• Four Senate Democrats are demanding the restoration of billions in clean energy grants before supporting the permitting bill.
• The path for the bipartisan bill in the lame duck session has become more challenging.
• The senators involved are Tammy Duckworth, Ron Wyden, Ed Markey, and Jeff Merkley.