Midterm Results Could Trip Trump’s Energy Independence Plans

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A Democratic victory in the U.S. midterm elections could complicate Republican plans to advance energy legislation, including measures intended to accelerate permitting. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act had broad support in the previous Senate, but its vote was scheduled after the elections.

The Democratic Party’s decisive victory in the U.S. midterm elections has been widely called bad news for Trump policies, but now, it could interfere with legislation that previously drew support from both parties in Congress—and the GOP’s ambitions for energy independence and dominance. The bill in question, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, got broad support from the previous Senate in early October, but voting on it was scheduled for after the midterm elections. It was meant to speed up permitting for new…