The Republican-led Senate voted Monday to advance a bipartisan permitting reform bill as the chamber returns from its month-long recess for the November midterm elections.
The legislation, which passed in a bipartisan 73-25 split, aims to speed up the construction of energy and other infrastructure projects. It also makes it harder for opponents to sue to block projects on environmental grounds and hampers the ability of states and the Environmental Protection Agency to preemptively block them, according to The Hill.
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