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Rail Merger Faces Heightened Scrutiny as STB Orders Additional Information and Broad Opposition Challenges The Merger The Surface Transportation Board (STB) issued a May 28 decision accepting the revised merger application between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern for review, but placed the proceedings and environmental...

Senators Show Broad Bipartisan Support for Preserving SRFs Despite Administration’s Efforts To Cut Funding On May 13, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testified before the Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee in a hearing on EPA’s FY2027 budget request.  The hearing highlighted a familiar but increasingly sharpened divide...

House Key Procedural Hurdle to Move Forward with Reconcilation, the Farm Bill, and Seek End to the Partial Government Shutdown House Republican leaders narrowly advanced (216-210) a procedural rule to move forward with three must-pass legislative priorities–Farm Bill, FISA reauthorization, and a Budget resolution–overcoming internal...

White House Renews Push for Deep EPA Cuts The White House has proposed a FY2027 budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would reduce funding by approximately 52 percent, requesting $4.2 billion—a $4.6 billion decrease from enacted fiscal year 2026 levels. The proposal largely...

Members to Return to a Crowded Post-Recess To-Do List The House and Senate are away on a two‑week recess and are scheduled to return the week of April 13. When they reconvene, lawmakers will confront an increasingly crowded legislative agenda and limited floor time before...

PVC pipe is one of the most common and popular options for providing communities and homes with clean, safe drinking water. In fact, it’s been in use around the world for more than 70 years. Whether as a replacement for aging infrastructure around the country...

EPA Pauses TSCA Litigation as Regulatory Overhaul Advances Amid Legal Uncertainty The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has temporarily delayed multiple legal challenges to Biden-era chemical regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by securing court-approved pauses in several appellate cases. These pauses allow the...

Senate Republicans Advance Targeted TSCA Reforms To Extend User Fees,  Streamline Chemical Approvals, And Restore Regulatory Certainty On March 4, the Senate Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to advance targeted draft legislation to reform the Toxic Substances...