{"id":5344,"date":"2026-03-23T20:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:49:16","slug":"senate-passes-landmark-88-2-bipartisan-energy-bill-to-modernize-infrastructure-protect-american-jobs-boost-national-energy-independence-drive-technological-innovation-reshape-energy-markets-stimu-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=5344","title":{"rendered":"Senate Passes Landmark 88-2 Bipartisan Energy Bill to Modernize Infrastructure, Protect American Jobs, Boost National Energy Independence, Drive Technological Innovation, Reshape Energy Markets, Stimulate Industrial Growth, Strengthen Domestic Energy Sector, and Set the Stage for Future U.S. Energy Policy, Signaling Historic Commitment to Sustainable Economic and Energy Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1861172\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a Capitol usually defined by gridlock, the overwhelming 88\u20132 vote revealed how urgently both parties are searching for answers to climate change and energy insecurity. By slashing red tape, cutting licensing costs, and speeding environmental reviews, the bill is designed to pull nuclear power out of the past and into a world that demands cleaner, steadier electricity. Supporters see advanced reactors and small modular designs as the backbone of a resilient, low\u2011carbon grid that doesn\u2019t fail when the wind drops or the sun sets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1861172\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yet the unease is real and unresolved. Critics warn that faster approvals risk sidelining communities, weakening environmental scrutiny, and dodging the hardest question of all: where the waste will go for centuries to come. This legislation doesn\u2019t end that tension; it formalizes it. If Biden signs, America will move faster into a nuclear future\u2014still divided over the risks, but no longer willing to stand still.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Capitol usually defined by gridlock, the overwhelming 88\u20132 vote revealed how urgently both parties are searching for answers to climate change and energy insecurity. By slashing red tape, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5346,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5344\/revisions\/5346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}