Sweeping efforts to use the levers of the federal government toexpedite the transition to a lower-carbon energy sector hung in thebalance Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 as Democratic congressional leaderscontinued efforts to corral votes for an ambitious two-track approach.As of the afternoon of Oct. 1, Democrats were struggling to meettheir target for a House vote on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure billas the wrangling continued. Moderates were holding to their objectionsabout the $3.5 trillion price tag of the budget reconciliation package.And House progressives continued to oppose the more modestinfrastructure bill unless it was accompanied by action onreconciliation, which contained more ambitious climate provisions.
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