Republican-backed energy bill passes House, heads to Senate for consideration.

The US House of Representatives passed a Republican energy reform bill aimed at boosting oil and gas production while scaling back climate initiatives. The Lower Energy Costs Act passed by a mostly partisan 225-204 vote, but faces little chance of making it through the Democratic-led Senate. The bill would deliver on a top 2022 Republican campaign pledge to lower Americans' energy costs. However, Democrats have been calling the bill one that "puts polluters over people." The White House has also said President Joe Biden would veto the measure if it were to make it to his desk.