Manchin Sees Over 50% Odds for Energy Permitting Deal as Congress Eyes Year-End Passage
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 15
Manchin Sees Over 50% Odds for Energy Permitting Deal as Congress Eyes Year-End Passage
2 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 15
Summary
Joe Manchin said the permitting overhaul now has “well past 50%” odds of becoming law, calling himself “tickled to death” over a White House-Congress deal.
The legislation would ease construction of electric-grid and other energy projects, bar administrations from blocking certain projects and shorten environmental review deadlines.
Manchin said he expects Donald Trump to sign the bill if it reaches his desk, arguing Republicans can make the case that the package is important and broadly worked out.
The agreement marks a notable turn for a bipartisan goal that Manchin twice failed to secure in the Senate and that has grown from a niche Republican priority into a shared energy-policy push.