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Congress Edges Toward a Border Deal Neither Base Wanted

The compromise moving through the Senate this week satisfies almost no one loudly — which is usually how you know it might actually pass. Here's what's in the text, not the talking points.

By the Deskside Desk · 6 min read

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This Week: The Infrastructure Permitting Fight

The Left Read Progressive outlets are framing the bill as a giveaway to fossil-fuel permitting at the expense of environmental review.

Deskside's Read Both sides are describing the same forty-page text. Here's what's actually written into it, and who benefits regardless of who's talking.

The Right Read Conservative outlets are framing the same bill as red tape finally getting cut for badly needed energy projects.

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Congress Edges Toward a Border Deal Neither Base Wanted

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