Alex Ruoff

Energy/environment congressional deputy editor for @POLITICO. Tips and feedback are welcome: [email protected]

[POLITICO @politico]

Senate Democrats probe former Trump official’s connections to oil company https://t.co/3lbHxqg8vf

[Jordain Carney @jordainc]

NEW from LE SUEUR, Minn. — The word on John Thune’s mind these days is “resources”

Thune told @politico he's talking frequently w/ Trump and co. about "the importance of ensuring that our candidates are well-resourced" as GOP defends a bigger and more expensive map

Thune, who is on the trail for the next month, declined to handicap the Senate battle (though he's aware of where the prediction markets are) but repeatedly said: "I think we can keep the majority"

https://t.co/58G0Qf2onl

[Kevin Bogardus @KevinBogardus]

Abbie Tardif, already a senior official in EPA's air office, is now its acting head, per an internal email seen by @alexcguillen & me

Tardif came to EPA last year from Marathon Petroleum — she also served there in 1st Trump admin

[Kevin Bogardus @KevinBogardus]

Aaron Szabo — head of the Trump EPA air office, a dereg hub of this admin — is expected to leave once again

Today is his last day at EPA, 3 agency employees told @alexcguillen and me

[POLITICO @politico]

Bipartisan Senate duo drops new data center bills https://t.co/M6ltQZpnhj

[Nico Portuondo @NicoPortuondo]

https://t.co/qZHDrBL52o

[Ellen M. Gilmer @ellengilmer]

Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is blocking Trump’s pick for a trial court judgeship in the state, an unusual display of defiance from a Republican who has backed party-line confirmations of his judicial nominees all along, @oliviaalafriz reports

https://t.co/Q0vhI7SO33

[Nico Portuondo @NicoPortuondo]

NEW: Permitting text! Everyone get your take in.

https://t.co/I9hYgGvK7a

[Amelia Davidson @ameliadavidson_]

!! Ratepayer Protection Act fails on the Senate floor. Ossoff, Warnock, Klobuchar, Hassan voted in favor - not enough to clear the 60-vote threshold Republicans needed.

[Jordain Carney @jordainc]

Thune says they are trying to lock in a vote on permitting reform for when the Senate comes back

Dems ran a hotline last night to check on setting up a vote on proceeding sometime between Nov. 9 and Nov. 20

Thune also reiterating what he told @politico last week -- which is he would prefer not to have a show vote where it fails

"I think on this particular issue, I'd like to get an outcome.. I prefer not to have a failed vote"

[Nico Portuondo @NicoPortuondo]

The permitting deal may have gone up in flames.

https://t.co/AQibvNhvpi

[Nico Portuondo @NicoPortuondo]

Sen. Heinrich on permitting reform just now "We intend to work through it, and no the deal is not on hold." Seems a much more open tone than staff. @pavanmacharya had the quote.

[Nico Portuondo @NicoPortuondo]

NEW in ME: We got a topline summary of the Senate permitting reform bill before the release today:
https://t.co/el5WR7aM2j

[Amelia Davidson @ameliadavidson_]

Against all odds, the Ratepayer Protection Act is back on the Senate floor tomorrow - but Dems are getting ready to sink the procedural vote over concerns that the bill doesn’t go far enough

https://t.co/j1LtFqN7vz

[POLITICO @politico]

Pharma's new top lobbyist is a former House majority leader https://t.co/VacOIUDYSE

[Nico Portuondo @NicoPortuondo]

https://t.co/sP33tL0HCF

[POLITICO @politico]

Capitol agenda: Dems weigh doing Husted a solid https://t.co/RXjb6DImGB

[POLITICO @politico]

Senate GOP eyes data center vote next week https://t.co/M3tgkhzckc

[Jordain Carney @jordainc]

Senate expected to be in session next week, per multiple GOP aides

Thune said it's "looking that way. That's good for you, Jordain"

(My reputation is known)

[Joshua Siegel @SiegelScribe]

BREAKING: a vote on permitting reform is officially being kicked to the lame duck, a senior Dem aide familiar with negotiations tells me. No vote before election.

“The goal here has always been to pass permitting reform, not just to introduce it.”