The West Virgina Democratic Senator comes from a fossil fuel energy state….
He cut a (very vauge ) deal to relax some energy regulation ‘s and to get a pipeline between the Virginia’s….
70 House Democrats don’t want the guy who has held a LOT of Democrat’s hopes and political deals to get over and don’t have a hard written explination for manchin’s ‘deal’.
Problem is?
They need Manchin to ok the coming spending budget , which expires in two weeks and could shut down the government, something Pelosi and certainly President Biden do NOT want or Need…..
The Democratic House Speaker , who probably won’t be Speaker come January 1st will probably work something out….
Progressive’s ARE gonna be eating morew shit sandwichs come next year if Republicans gain a majority in the House like everyone thinks they will…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signaled Wednesday that she could back a side deal between Democratic leaders and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) if it is included in a Senate bill funding the government, setting up a potential clash with liberals in the debate over climate change.
“If the Senate passes a CR, we have to keep government open,” Pelosi told The Hill, referring to a continuing resolution — a stopgap funding measure to prevent a shutdown.
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“I can’t make sense of any of it,” said Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), a liberal who opposes the permitting reforms. “Many of us really don’t know what happened. And that adds to the uncertainty that many of us are feeling. What is it that happened here? What is it exactly we’re expected to do? And where do all these moving parts settle out?
“This is a very dynamic situation.”
As the House awaits word from the Senate, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the lower chamber’s top appropriator, said Wednesday that she opposes the idea of expediting energy projects. But she also suggested Democrats might have to swallow some version of permitting reform for the sake of preventing a shutdown….
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The issue has put Democratic leadership in a tough spot — caught between Manchin, who they may need to work with in the future, and a large swath of their party.
Roughly two weeks before government funding expires, all sides of the debate say they’re hopeful a resolution will emerge to prevent a shutdown.
“It’s way too soon to make any categorical pronouncements,” said Huffman. “I’m watching, I’m engaging and still hoping that this doesn’t come down to some terribly divisive ultimatum.”….