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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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Last week U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, from West Virginia, made another attempt to “shock” his permitting reform bill, a bill that would allow the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to finish up more quickly, into life (see Dr. Manchinstein Tries to Shock Permitting Reform Bill into Life). That effort died on the Senate operating table (see Manchin’s “Save MVP” Permitting Reform Dies (Again) in Senate Vote). AP is reporting that Manchin, who has become politically radioactive, will try again in January to get his bill passed.
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Last week MDN told you that U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s latest attempt to pass a so-called permitting reform bill (that would save Mountain Valley Pipeline as part of the bargain) had once again crashed and burned (see Manchin’s “Save MVP” Permitting Reform Bill Flames Out Again). The plan was to attach the permitting bill to a defense authorization bill to fund the military. Even though hundreds of leftist wacko groups object, Manchin isn’t giving up. He’s gotten permission from his overlord, Chuck Schumer, to try for a vote to attach his “save MVP” bill to the defense bill despite heavy opposition.
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Once again, a permitting reform bill floated by U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (from West Virginia) with a provision to complete the 94% completed 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) has flamed out. Manchin made a deal with the devil–his own Democrat Party–to vote for the misnamed and terrible Inflation Reduction Act (a warmed-over version of the Green New Deal) in return for HIS party’s support to pass a so-called permitting reform bill that would, among other things, allow MVP to finish up without court interference (see Joe Manchin Cuts MVP “Deal” in Return for Selling Out Country).
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And just like that, the horse everyone thought was dead has come back to life and is leading the race. We’re talking about U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s so-called permitting reform bill to help save the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The bill proposed by Manchin would bypass the clown judges on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals who are blocking it. Manchin got a pledge from his buddy Chuck Schumer to allow a vote on permitting reform in return for Manchin selling out the country by voting to pass the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (see Joe Manchin Cuts MVP “Deal” in Return for Selling Out Country). The promised vote never happened because Manchin’s own party reneged (see “Save MVP” Permitting Bill is Dead – Manchin Pulls it From CR). But it’s baaaaack!
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