“Save MVP” Permitting Bill is Dead – Manchin Pulls it From CR

We'll say it right up front: We told you so. From the beginning, when U.S. Senator Joe Manchin announced he had sold out the country and would vote in favor of the horrible (misnamed) Inflation Reduction Act in return for a promise from Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi to pass a "permitting reform" bill that guarantees to finish the stalled (95% complete) Mountain Valley Pipeline, we told you it was a bad deal (see Joe Manchin Cuts MVP “Deal” in Return for Selling Out Country). We also told you Manchin got rolled, that such a vote would never happen (see Joe Manchin’s Save MVP Bill is Crashing & Burning, Rs & Ds Oppose). Yesterday Manchin pulled his permitting reform bill from a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government operating, because his own party would not support it. Yes, we were right.

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