Senator Shelly Moore Capito
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat from West Virginia, has tried his best to get a "permitting reform" bill passed that would put a stop to the shenanigans being pulled in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in blocking the 94% completed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. But Joe has a problem. He has become politically radioactive following his sellout vote to approve the New Green Deal bill falsely relabeled as the Inflation Reduction Act. Since that time, Republicans are understandably not in the mood to support Manchin's otherwise worthy "save MVP" bill. So Manchin keeps reintroducing it, hoping this time will be the charmer (see Politically Radioactive Joe Manchin to Reintroduce Save MVP in 2023). No such luck. West Virginia's other U.S. Senator, Shelley Moore Capito, is also working on a bill to accomplish the same thing. Her bill appears to have a better chance.
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