Pull to refresh
Logo
What Changed
Following Why Sign Up
Martin Heinrich

Martin Heinrich

U.S. Senator (D-NM); ranking member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Appears in 3 stories

Office: United States senator
Born: October 17, 1971, Fallon
Party: Democratic Party
Education: University of Missouri, University of New Mexico
Previous offices: United States senator, United States representative

Last updated Nov 10, 2026

Stories

House passes SPEED Act: a hard turn toward faster permits—and a new fight over who gets to build

Rule Changes

Co-negotiated the Senate permitting bill, which cleared a 73-25 procedural vote on Nov. 9

The Senate voted 73-25 on Nov. 9 to open debate on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a permitting overhaul that would speed reviews for energy projects and make large data centers pay more for grid upgrades. It is not the House's SPEED Act, which passed in December 2025 and has sat in the Senate since.

Updated Yesterday

Trump’s permitting crackdown strands U.S. wind and solar boom

Rule Changes

Says two onshore approvals are a start; hundreds of wind projects remain in limbo.

The Pentagon has started clearing onshore wind projects again after a federal judge ordered it to resume reviews. In October it advanced projects in Maine and South Dakota, but Democrats say hundreds more are still waiting.

Updated Oct 29

House passes bipartisan bill to shield ratepayers from data center electricity costs

Rule Changes

As of October 2026: Blocked the House bill on September 17; led opposition to the September 30 cloture vote, which failed 57-43

The House voted 417–3 on September 16 to pass the Ratepayer Protection Act, which tells state regulators to hold hearings on whether data centers drawing 100 megawatts or more should pay the full cost of the power infrastructure built for them. States can hold the hearings and decline to adopt the standard, and the Senate fell three votes short of advancing the bill on September 30, 57–43.

Updated Oct 3