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House to split up energy-for-infrastructure bill
Faced with crumbling support for their energy-infrastructure package, House Republicans will split the bill into three sections that they believe will have a better chance of passing independently. According to a Rules Committee schedule released this morning and a subsequent news release, the House will consider H.R. 7 as three separate packages: one focusing on transportation, one on energy production that will include language on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and the third dealing with federal pensions. The three would then be combined after passage and sent to the Senate for a conference. Go to story #1