Senate Panel Advances Energy Permitting Reform Bill to Floor Vote

Bipartisan measure affirms federal role in electrical transmission planning, axes permit and litigation timelines, assures oil/gas public lands leasing. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has adopted a permitting reform bill that seeks to accelerate electric grid expansion, restrict litigation and trim timelines for energy and mineral mining proposals. The panel passed the Energy Permitting

DNC Begins Virtual Roll Call to Formally Nominate Harris for President

The party is sticking with its previous plan to formally nominate its candidate before the convention. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) began its early vote on Aug. 1 to formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president, keeping to an earlier promise to hold a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s convention. The DNC

Lawmakers Tell Biden-Harris Admin: Sanction and Prosecute Anti-Israel Groups That Took Money From Tehran

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing the Biden-Harris administration to investigate, prosecute, and sanction any anti-Israel group that took cash from Tehran as part of Iran’s U.S. influence operation. Such funding, the lawmakers note, “almost certainly violates the U.S. anti-terrorism statutes.” The 22 lawmakers, led by Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), say they are