Macroeconomics
Iran Conflict Shields U.S. Gas Prices While Allies Surge
A new Congressional Research Service report published June 11 finds that the Iran conflict's impact on natural gas prices has split sharply along geographic...
Senate Discusses Plans For the Colorado River Basin
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a Colorado River Basin hearing for Wednesday, June 10, at 2:00 p.m. in 366 Dirksen Senate...
Congress Considers Unprecedented Saudi Arabia Nuclear Deal
A draft bilateral nuclear agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia is sitting on President Trump's desk, and the 119th Congress is preparing for...
Senate Grills Highway Funding Delays Over EV Grants
Why it matters: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's highway funding hearing on June 3 exposed a sharp divide over whether the Trump...
House Pushes Nuclear Permitting Reform Before Congress Ends
The U.S. nuclear licensing process has long been treated as a bottleneck by the energy industry and a growing number of lawmakers on both sides of the...
Outdated Natural Gas Act Creates Energy Policy Chaos
An 88-year-old law is at the center of one of Washington's sharpest energy fights — and a new Congressional Research Service report lays out exactly why...
Senate Block Mercury Pollution Protections
The S.J.Res. 188 vote was over before it started. On a strict 53–46 party-line tally, the Senate blocked a Democratic attempt to use the Congressional...
Nuclear Security Gains, Science Programs Lose Ground
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee is set to examine a Department of Energy fiscal year 2027 budget request that proposes a striking...
House Advances Bipartisan Energy Bills Amid Democratic Complaints
Why it matters: The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee advanced three bipartisan research and energy bills on May 20, marking a rare moment of...
Seth Ricketts Named Energy Subcommittee Clerk on House Energy and Commerce Panel
Seth Ricketts Energy Commerce circles are tracking a notable congressional staff movement on Capitol Hill: Ricketts has stepped into the role of Clerk for...
Senate Pushes Bills Despite Nuclear Regulatory Commission Transparency Concerns
Why it matters: The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety held a congressional hearing...
NRC Budget Hearing Reveals Rift Over Speed vs. Independence
Why it matters: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened on May 13 to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's proposed fiscal year...
Federal Bureaucracy Stalls Tribal Energy Development Opportunities
Tribal energy leasing sits at the intersection of two forces shaping Washington right now: the Trump administration's push for energy dominance and a...
Senate Examines Urgent Domestic Nuclear Supply Chain Gap
More than 80 percent of uranium enrichment for U.S. nuclear fuel occurs overseas, with roughly 20 percent coming from Russia even as Congress has moved to...
House Votes to Decouple E15 Ethanol Bill from Farm Legislation
Why it matters: The House passed H.Res. 1274 on Thursday along a strict party-line vote, severing a procedural link that had bound year-round E15 ethanol...
House Clears Year-Round E15 Sales
The House passed the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act on May 13-14, 2026, clearing a decade-long regulatory fight over whether E15 gasoline...
Trump Administration Pushes Year-Round E15 Fuel Sales
The debate over E15 fuel year-round sale has been simmering for years, but a new Congressional Research Service report makes clear that the question is now...
House Lifts Decade-Long Regulatory Ban on E15 Fuel
Why it matters: The House passed the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act on May 13, 2026, clearing a decade-long regulatory hurdle for the...