New House Rules Could Ease Passage Of Climate-Related Spending

New House rules for the incoming Congress give lawmakers new discretion to ease self-imposed spending restrictions to address climate change, potentially opening the door to more ambitious climate-related initiatives even as questions loom about whether such investments can be enacted by a divided Capitol Hill. The more flexible spending language is included in a broader rules package approved Jan. 4, that also separately reauthorizes a select House panel to address the climate crisis, according to the text and a related...