By Zack Colman | The Hill
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) revived a scaled-back version of their energy-efficiency bill on Thursday.
The senators tamed their ambitions with an eye toward getting approval from more conservative lawmakers in both chambers who had objected to new spending authorizations in last year’s bill.
“This is about getting something done,” Portman said at a news conference.
The legislation already is scheduled for a Tuesday legislative hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The committee cleared it in a bipartisan vote last session.
The bill has a broad base of support off Capitol Hill. On hand to endorse the legislation were the chiefs of the National Association of Manufacturers, Alliance to Save Energy and National Electrical Manufacturers Association, as well as staff from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Getting backing from the GOP-controlled House might be trickier.
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