The balance of power in the nation’s capital has shifted; Democrats now control both the presidency and Congress for the first time in a decade.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to reject small refinery exemptions from being granted by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Even as President-elect Joe Biden pushes for electric vehicles, the biofuel industry argues he can also make progress on his climate goals by expanding biofuel usage mandates, embracing a low carbon fuel policy and increasing vehicle emissions standards.

Congressional leaders are looking to pass a massive bill in the next two days to keep the government funded and provide about $900 billion in coronavirus relief. Details of the COVID package had not been released as of Wednesday, but “there’s a sense of urgency for getting this done this week,” said Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois.