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WASHINGTON — Budget season is coming, and so are “views and estimates” markups. Well, for some committees, that is.

Budget season is nearly at hand, and so are "views and estimates" markups -- for some committees, that is.

Some members of the House Natural Resources Committee could be packing heat when they gather in the new session of Congress.

Some members of the House Natural Resources Committee could be packing heat when they gather in the new session of Congress.

A proposed overhaul of the federal energy infrastructure permitting process from Sen. Joe Manchin III was rejected by the Senate.

The bill’s options for Puerto Rico voters are statehood, independence or free association with the United States. No Senate vote is expected.

WASHINGTON — Despite the apparent death of Sen. Joe Manchin III’s permit overhaul legislation before it even got a vote, there are bipartisan ingredients that could be blended into a bill to change how large construction projects such as power lines and highways are greenlighted in America.

Sen. Joe Manchin's energy permitting bill has some bipartisan elements that could be used to change how infrastructure projects are greenlit.

WASHINGTON — Legislation by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia that would overhaul the federal permitting process for energy and infrastructure projects received the endorsement on Thursday of his fellow Mountain State senator, Shelley Moore Capito, who had previously introduced a Republican bill to counter Manchin’s.

Sen. Joe Manchin III's legislation to overhaul the federal permitting process got a GOP endorsement, but Democrats lined up in opposition.

House Democrats opposed to adding an energy permitting measure to a spending bill aren't yet threatening to vote no. Most hope it won't come to that.