"House Freedom Caucus Pushes for Limits on Federal Funding for Baltimore Bridge Rebuild"

The House Freedom Caucus is demanding that any federal funds allocated to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge be offset by cuts elsewhere and narrowly aimed at structural repairs, while also pushing for the Biden administration to lift its pause on new export permits for liquefied natural gas. The group's opposition may not have much impact as a funding package is expected to receive wide bipartisan support in the House and Senate, with House Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole anticipating that the funds would need to target more than just reconstruction due to potential damages relating to the interruption of traffic at the port.