Senate has three months to pass permitting reform, GOP negotiator warns

EXCLUSIVE – A top House Republican is cautioning that the Senate has just a matter of months to pass meaningful legislation accelerating the process for permitting energy and infrastructure projects, as the midterm elections inch closer and bipartisan support wavers. 

House Natural Resources chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR), a critical figure in advancing permitting legislation to the Senate last December, told the Washington Examiner that he is confident that Congress will still be able to send permitting reform to President Donald Trump’s desk this year. 

But with limited floor time in the Senate, as well as the midterm elections and a the possibility of a change in the majority fast approaching, the timeline to do so is getting tight. 

“I do think the window is pretty narrow