Manchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt Bill
- Agreement includes MVP language from larger permitting bill
- Pipeline will carry gas from West Virginia to Virgina
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Democratic Senator Joe Manchin slipped into the debt-limit deal a measure meant to accelerate a multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline that’s been repeatedly stalled on environmental concerns, according to people familiar with the matter.
Manchin has tried for more than a year to secure a side deal for construction of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline, which cuts through the Democratic lawmaker’s home state of West Virginia. The project stalled after a federal court rejected a permit to cross a national forest.