The Trump administration's attacks on renewable energy are making it more difficult for lawmakers to reach a bipartisan energy deal.

Key Democrats say they are not willing to play ball to achieve a deal on so-called permitting reform unless the administration stops going after green energy projects — especially those that have already been approved.

"The elephant in the room now is the stop-work orders that the administration has put out because if you can ignore the law and you can stop someone's job on a fully permitted project, then does permitting law really matter?" Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.), the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, asked The Hill in a recent interview.

The Trump administration has moved to block several offshore wind projects that w

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