Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted down an effort from their Democratic colleagues to overturn President Trump’s energy emergency declaration.

The resolution was unlikely to ever become law, but came as a messaging tool for Democrats who oppose the Trump administration’s energy agenda, which has largely consisted of bolstering fossil fuels and nuclear energy while blocking renewable energy.

“President Trump told Big Oil donors that if they cut a $1 billion check to his campaign, he’d give them everything they want on day one of his presidency. Then, within hours of his inauguration,........

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