The Senate advanced a major infrastructure and energy bill Tuesday night in a 62-21 procedural vote, moving it one step closer to final passage in the upper chamber. The legislation aims to accelerate the buildout of energy and other projects while reducing environmental challenges to those efforts. The vote came just one day after a prior procedural step, signaling a fast-moving timeline for the bill's path through the Senate.


The Senate further advanced a major infrastructure and energy bill Tuesday night, moving it one step closer to the finish line in the upper chamber. The bill — which seeks to speed up the buildout of energy and other projects while curtailing environmental challenges — advanced in a procedural vote 62-21, just one day after...