Senate faces procedural vote on infrastructure bill that weakens environmental protections
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The Senate was set for a Monday procedural vote on the 417-page Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, sponsored by two Republicans and two Democrats and backed by Donald Trump. It would speed pipelines, transmission lines and ICE detention centers by rolling back the National Environmental Policy Act and other rules. Earthjustice, the Sierra Club and the ACLU oppose it; Indigenous groups, including National Congress of American Indians president Mark Macarro, warned it weakens mandatory federal tribal consultation.
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