In The Biggest Energy Bill The Senate Has Debated In 8 Years, They Forgot Coal

Think Progress: For the past few years Congress has infamously hit gridlock on budgets, immigration, health care, and climate change. But in the first major update to the nation’s energy policy in almost eight years, key senators are standing on some unusual common ground by championing natural gas, infrastructure improvements, and energy efficiency.

Counting words inside a legislative bill may not be an exact science, yet much can be gauged from the number of times the energy bill being debated on the senate floor mentions gas, oil, coal, and renewables through its 400-plus pages.

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