In the end, the timeline for avoiding a default on the national debt appeared to be too tight to allow the parties to work out a grand bargain on permitting, an issue some lawmakers still hope Congress can take up this year.

Meanwhile, many Democrats want to hasten the process for approving clean-energy infrastructure, including the power lines that would be needed to ferry vast amounts of wind and solar power across the country to meet Biden’s climate goals. Joe Manchin of West Virginia - had sought faster approvals for oil and gas pipelines and other fossil fuel projects. GOP lawmakers - joined by Democratic Sen. The deal also appears to offer no major advances in one policy issue where both Democrats and Republicans have hoped to find agreement: speeding up the process of issuing federal permits for energy projects. Republicans also pushed to include new work requirements on Medicaid, but the White House made clear early on it would not negotiate any changes to that program. But the move will still enrage a wide swath of congressional Democrats, especially key progressives who pleaded with White House officials in recent days to reject any concessions for aid programs. Those expanded limits will sunset in 2030.ĭemocrats secured some exemptions for homeless people and veterans. Under current law, those time limits only apply to people up to 49 years old. New time limits would be phased in for people without children up to age 54 to receive food assistance through SNAP if they do not complete certain work requirements. The deal would tighten restrictions for the SNAP food assistance program, as well as emergency cash aid known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

Here are the six main pieces of the agreement, according to people with direct knowledge of the deal: Work requirements

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