
Manchin's energy permitting proposal stripped from funding bill after GOP, progressive opposition
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Sen. Joe Manchin Tuesday asked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to take energy permitting language out of a government funding bill.
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Manchin added: "For that reason and my firmly held belief that we should never come to the brink of a government shutdown over politics, I have asked Majority Leader Schumer to remove the permitting language from the Continuing Resolution we will vote on this evening."
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