Manchin folds on his energy plan amid GOP stonewall [View all]

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) asked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday to remove his energy permitting package from a short-term government funding bill.

Manchin conceded amid Republican threats to block an effort to advance his permitting proposal, and it likely paves the way for the spending patch to move ahead and keep the government open before funding expires on Friday. Schumer said on the floor that he and Manchin would “continue to have conversations about the best way” to move forward on the permitting effort before the end of the year...



Now let it die, Chuck!