The House of Representatives has greenlit a bill to block exports from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China.
H.R. 22, “Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act,” on Jan. 12 passed overwhelmingly, 331–97.
On the Republican side there were 218 yeas, while on the Democrat side there were 113 yeas. All nays came from Democrats.
It must now pass through the Democrat-dominated Senate, where Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) are positioning themselves as moderate swing voters on many issues.
The bill was called up by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wa.), who now chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce….