House passes GOP-led energy package touted as party’s top priority ...Middle East

The House on Thursday passed an energy package that was the Republican conference’s top legislative priority, sending the measure to the Senate where the Democratic leader has said it is “dead-on-arrival.” The legislation, titled the Lower Energy Costs Act, passed in a 225-204 vote. Four Democrats voted in favor of the bill and one Republican opposed it. Broadly, the bill seeks to bolster fossil fuel production and exports, as well as domestic mining. It also aims to speed up the approval process for energy and other infrastructure projects and repeal some programs in the sweeping climate legislation Democrats passed last year. Republicans have named the bill as H.R. 1, signifyin

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