After seeming intent on bundling together certain regular appropriation bills as a series of “minibus” bills prior to the election, the Republican congressional leadership is now focusing on a different approach.There is a new strategy from the Republican congressional leadership regarding the lame-duck session of Congress. As always, such sessions are difficult to predict prior to an election as the result often changes the balance of power. As previously noted (see Ag Perspectives, 7 November), House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), who will both retain their positions in the 115h Congress, seemed intent on bundling together certain regular appropriation bills as a series of “minibus...
Key Takeaways: The EPA has proposed reallocating 770 million RINs associated with Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs), either splitting the volume equally between 2026 and 2027 or assigning the full amount to 2027. The agency granted exemptions covering 1.76 billion RINs for 2025, substantially e...
Tanker-tracking data shows a smaller recovery in oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz than previously thought. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, speaking by video to an international energy conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said that oil moving through the strait was back to 80 to 90 percent...
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