参议员谢尔登·怀特豪斯周三表示，美国参议院预计要到下周才会对《两党美国可负担性与就业法案》——一项全面的许可改革法案——进行更多投票，届时议员们将处理修正案并对最终通过进行投票。
The US Senate is not expected to hold additional votes on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a sweeping permitting reform bill, until next week, when lawmakers will take up amendments and a vote on final passage, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said on Wednesday.
怀特豪斯是来自罗德岛的民主党人，也是该法案的四位起草人之一，他正在土耳其参加COP 31联合国气候变化大会。他通过电话告诉记者，他将在下周一之前返回，参加下一次许可改革投票。一些参议员本周正在提交对该法案的拟议修正案。以加利福尼亚州亚当·希夫为首的一群民主党人正寻求从法案中删除与《国家历史保护法》相关的条款，认为这些条款会削弱对部落资源的保护。
来自密苏里州的共和党参议员乔什·霍利提出了修正案，旨在保护农民和其他土地所有者，防止他们的土地因输电线路而被征用。怀特豪斯表示，本周早些时候参议院以75票对23票推进该法案，改善了其在众议院的前景。他说，两党“问题解决者核心小组”的成员已向参议员们保证，众议院将对该法案进行投票，并对法案通过的前景持乐观态度。
Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, who is one of the bill's four authors, is in Turkey attending the COP 31 United Nations climate change conference He told reporters by phone that he would return by Monday for the next permitting reform vote Some senators are submitting proposed amendments to the bill this week. A group of Democrats, led by California's Adam Schiff, is seeking to strike provisions related to the National Historic Preservation Act from the bill, arguing they would weaken protections for tribal resources Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, introduced amendments aimed at protecting farmers and other landowners from having their land taken through eminent domain for transmission lines Whitehouse said the 75-23 Senate vote to advance the legislation earlier this week had improved its prospects in the House of Representatives He said members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus had assured senators that the House will hold a vote on the measure and were optimistic about its chances of passing