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Senate votes down Manchin permitting bill meant to speed infrastructure projects

By Breanne Deppisch
Published December 15, 2022 11:36pm ET
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Senate votes down Manchin permitting bill meant to speed infrastructure projects
The Senate voted down Sen. Joe Manchin’s amended permitting reform bill in a 47-47 vote Thursday evening, meaning that Democratic leaders failed to honor an agreement made to the West Virginia Democrat to secure his support for climate spending legislation. “I don’t know how we can explain it if we vote against it,” Manchin said […]

The Senate voted down Sen. Joe Manchin’s amended permitting reform bill in a 47-47 vote Thursday evening, meaning that Democratic leaders failed to honor an agreement made to the West Virginia Democrat to secure his support for climate spending legislation.

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