House GOP's Energy Agenda Faces Opposition from Schumer and Democrats

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declared the House Republicans' sweeping energy package, H.R. 1, "dead on arrival" in the Senate, calling it a "partisan, dead-on-arrival and unserious proposal for addressing America's energy needs." The bill would cut down environmental regulations, expand oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters, and repeal parts of Democrats' signature climate law. Schumer's comments highlight the deep divisions between the two chambers as they prepare to work together to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling.