This is a tense time. The newly elected Congress is not sworn in until January. That gives the Republicans (and Fetterman) time to screw up all kinds of things, and they are at work doing just that.
The Senate has already approved the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026” also known as the “Kill the Endangered Species Act.”
Some Democrats voted for it, saying they will make amendments in the final version after the bill goes to the House. Why vote for it at all?
Here are some of the provisions:
it will weaken protections across the country by gutting the national system for protecting endangered species, replacing it with a patchwork of up to 50 different state processes.
it will exempt some highway and water projects from endangered species requirements, never asking if the project might jeopardize the existence of an endangered species.
it will shift conservation responsibilities to state agencies. You think South Dakota and Wyoming give a damn about endangered species?
it will even cut federal wildlife scientists out of decisions about projects that threaten endangered animals.
This bill should never have seen the light of day.
Information for this post was provided by Defenders of Wildlife, although it was I who renamed the bill.
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