House Votes to Overturn Biden’s Natural Gas Export Approval Freeze
- Measure unlikely to pass Democratically-controlled Senate
- Passage may embolden GOP rider on LNG exports on funding bill
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The House voted Thursday to pass legislation that would effectively undo the Biden administration’s freeze on new liquefied natural gas export approvals.
While the bill isn’t likely to be taken up in the Democratically-controlled Senate, its passage on a 224-200 vote, including nine Democrats, could embolden House Republicans to include language easing the pause in future government funding legislation.