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Sen. LANKFORD is next up to be top R at HSGAC now that Sen. PAUL is moving to HELP. Sen. JOHNSON stays ranking member at PSI
I asked Lankford about the bigger job pushing back on Dems' oversight efforts on the committee. He said he's "ready to do some work"
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New: @RepAOC speaks on the permitting reform bill, appears to agree with @JaredHuffman on waiting.
"As soon as we're looking at two Democratic chambers in the House and the Senate that can negotiate much more favorable conditions, now Republicans want to move this," she told me.
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New: Twenty-two Senate Democrats voted to advance the bipartisan permitting bill. But their support is far from guaranteed.
As senators prepare to debate amendments, fights over tribal protections, water quality and transmission could threaten the coalition.
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New: 19 Democratic senators, led by Sen. Schiff, file amendment to strike the permitting reform legislation’s proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
Many tribal nations want the language gone as well, but negotiators say its not realistic to strike.
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New: Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie wants more changes to permitting bill. He’s hopeful amendment process will yield results
“I’ve been real pleased with the Senate listening to us … [they are] not trying to pass a bill and say take it or leave it.”
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Jordan and Scalise got asked about leaks, people in the room tell me
They both said they hate leaks, according to the people
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New: Sen. Whitehouse not concerned about Trump’s wind comments, says he got a lot of assurances from others in the White House.
Says “he’s 80” and “didn’t get the memo.”
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We’ve reached 60! Permitting reform bill
will proceed. Here are the Dem yeses (so far) on the motion:
Whitehouse, Heinrich, Cortez Masto, Schatz, Gallego, Coons, Warner, Warnock, Fetterman, Rosen, Gillibrand, Kim, Blumenthal, Reed, Peters, Ossoff, Hickenlooper.
Alex Ruoff retweeted
Trump just told me at the White House podium that he is not going to approve any wind turbines, despite the bipartisan permitting bill that is about to be voted on in the Senate
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NEW: Trump tells @scottpwaldman he will not approve wind projects: “No, I will not approve wind turbines."
Comments come the same day senators are voting cloture on a permitting reform bill, with many Dems still having issues with trusting White House.
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NEW: Sen. Jeff Merkley is against BAAJA as currently constructed:
"The current bill raises too many serious issues that require more deliberation."
“I will vote against the bill before us today, but I look forward to working with my colleagues to get permitting reform right.”
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Caught up with @RepScottPeters on all things permitting reform, including what he thinks key House sticking points will be and how worried he is about Hakeem Jeffries’ opposition.
Full q&a for pros here! -
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NEW: @Edison_Electric is backing the Senate’s permitting reform bill after changes in this weekend’s manager’s amendment
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The manager’s amendment for the permitting reform bill is out: epw.senate.gov/public/_cache…
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New from POLITICO: Sen. Ron Wyden, the incoming Finance chair who played a critical role in constructing IRA, "cannot support" permitting deal.
NEW: Sen. @RonWyden (D-Ore.) tells me he cannot support BAAJA and suggests Dems should negotiate a new permitting deal:
"I cannot support a deal that strips Oregonians and tribes of the most important tools they have to hold Trump and his cronies accountable," he said.
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SCOOP: Jeffries spokesperson says Senate permitting bill “falls short,” calls for more House input before they can support it:
"[It] falls short in several areas, including the manner in which NEPA reform is undertaken and the failure to adequately protect tribal sovereignty.
Alex Ruoff retweeted
Bernie Sanders lost the fight in 2016. A decade later, he won the war.
Sanders’ brand of laser-focused economic populism trounced MAGA this week — winning not just with El-Sayed in Michigan, but Talarico’s in Texas and other red states.
Bernie isn’t surprised.
“No, I am not shocked,” he told me. “It’s what I’ve always believed.”
My interview with Sanders on the midterms, his movement and 2028:
politico.com/news/2026/11/05…
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Sen. Martin Heinrich is pushing back on calls to delay permitting reform until next year.
“I’m not going to wait,” he said simply, calling this the closest Congress has come to a deal that can become law.
Alex Ruoff retweeted
Climate Republicans lost big Tuesday night. Familiar faces in GOP clean energy spaces - Miller-Meeks, Kiggans, Lawler, Fitzpatrick - all lost, and more are on track to be wiped out.
It stands to further polarize the issues as Dems take power -
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