"Lawmakers negotiating an energy reform package have run out of time to come to a deal.

Speaker Paul Ryan’s office said Wednesday that Congress will not pass an energy reform bill this session, scrapping two years of work lawmakers had hoped would yield the first major energy package in a decade.

The announcement, coming days ahead of Congress's expected holiday adjournment, means the end for behind-the-scenes negotiations aimed at combining the energy bills passed separately by the House and Senate this year."

Devin Henry reports for The Hill December 7, 2016. [2]