{
  "id": 19195007,
  "title": "WATCH LIVE: Senate returns to Capitol Hill days after Democrats win back control",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/watch-live-senate-returns-to-capitol-hill-days-after-democrats-win",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T18:45:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-senate-returns-to-capitol-hill-days-after-democrats-win-back-control"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on a bipartisan bill on Monday that aims to expedite approval processes for major energy infrastructure projects, including data centers and fossil fuel projects. This comes in the wake of the recent midterm elections, which saw Democrats gain control of Congress and express strong opposition to President Donald Trump's policies. The Senate is scheduled to convene at 3 p.m. EST and will first hold a procedural vote on the legislation. The bill, which has garnered support from both Democratic and Republican senators, seeks to reduce the timeline for large-scale energy projects and ensure that data centers contribute to the energy they consume. The legislation has been endorsed by major industry groups from the clean energy and oil and gas sectors, while environmental organizations have raised concerns that it could facilitate increased fossil fuel development and weaken environmental safeguards.",
  "summary": "The Senate on Monday is set to take up bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for data centers and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week's election that soundly repudiated President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans.",
  "key_points": [
    "Senate returns to Capitol Hill Monday",
    "Bipartisan bill aims to expedite energy projects",
    "Democrats gained control in recent elections"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}