Climate Politics
Manchin Says He May Need 20 GOP Votes for Energy-Permitting Plan
- Senator urges GOP colleague Capito to convince others
- ‘That’s the only way it’s going to happen,’ Manchin says
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Senator Joe Manchin said Thursday he needs as many as 20 Senate Republicans to vote for his plan to streamline the federal approval for energy projects to counter Democratic defections -- further casting doubt on the effort to tie his bill to a must-pass spending bill this month.
Manchin said he was hopeful Republican West Virginia colleague Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who introduced a GOP permitting reform bill that has 46 GOP co-sponsors earlier this week, would be able to convince 15 to 20 Republicans to vote for his bill, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said would be attached to must-pass government funding legislation.