Against Biden Admin Wishes, House Votes to Limit Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release

Against Biden Admin Wishes, House Votes to Limit Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release
President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 13, 2023. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
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After a lengthy debate over numerous amendments, and despite the Biden administration’s promise of a veto, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill on Jan. 27 limiting the Biden administration’s ability to draw from the nation’s oil stockpile.

First introduced on Jan. 26, the Strategic Production Response Act passed 221–201. The measure is unlikely to clear the Democrat-controlled Senate where it will need 60 votes to pass.

Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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