To help residents recover from devastating water crises, Senate lawmakers are close to moving on legislation to provide millions of dollars in assistance to Flint, Mich., and cities like it.
Senate leaders, including James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), have a developed a bill that would be voted on independently from the Energy Modernization Act, a bipartisan comprehensive package that was expected to pass easily but, instead, stalled over how much financial assistance should go to Flint.