{"id":1660242,"date":"2022-09-27T11:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1660242"},"modified":"2022-09-27T11:21:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T15:21:01","slug":"manchin-surprised-by-mcconnells-opposition-to-his-energy-permitting-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-surprised-by-mcconnells-opposition-to-his-energy-permitting-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin Surprised by McConnell\u2019s Opposition to His Energy Permitting Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanchin-surprised-by-mcconnells-opposition-to-his-energy-permitting-legislation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1660242&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-manchin\">Joe Manchin<\/a> (D-W.Va.) said he didn\u2019t expect Senate Republicans, particularly Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), to oppose his energy-permitting reform legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin voiced his surprise about the GOP opposition in an <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6312886534112#sp=show-clips\">interview<\/a> with Fox News on Sept. 26, before adding that he was not surprised he wouldn\u2019t have the support of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), one of the nominal Independents who often joined the Democrats in voting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never did think I\u2019d have Bernie and some of the extreme far left,\u201d Manchin said. \u201cWhat I didn\u2019t expect is that Mitch McConnell, my Republican friends would be signing up with Bernie or trying to get the same outcome by not passing permitting reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchin.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/energy_permitting_provisions.pdf?cb\">pdf<\/a>) would speed up permits for clean energy, power grid, and fossil fuels projects, such as new natural gas pipelines. Additionally, the legislation would direct federal agencies to \u201ctake all necessary actions\u201d to permit the construction and operation of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project stalled by legal challenges that would deliver West Virginia\u2019s natural gas to North Carolina and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/28\/mitch-mcconnell-1200x800.jpeg\"><\/a> Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on July 26, 2022. (Anna Rose Layden\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>When asked whether McConnell\u2019s opposition could be related to Manchin\u2019s support for the \u201cInflation Reduction Act,\u201d which President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-signs-inflation-reduction-act-into-law_4668664.html\">signed<\/a> into law in August, the West Virginia congressman partially disagreed, arguing that some of the criticisms on the bill\u2019s provision on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/corporate-minimum-tax-a-globalist-agenda_4665612.html\">corporate minimum tax<\/a> were mostly unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>The Inflation Reduction Act, a $740 billion spending package, was largely negotiated between Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-chuck-schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-N.Y.) and Manchin behind closed doors. As part of the deal, Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/manchin-decries-gop-sanders-alliance-against-fossil-fuel-regulation-reform_4744777.html\">agreed<\/a> to get Manchin the votes for permitting reforms, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/manchin-schumer-energy-deal-proves-the-power-of-the-swamp_4643678.html\">Manchin\u2019s support<\/a> for the massive reconciliation package.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s negotiation with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he didn\u2019t expect Senate Republicans, particularly Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), to oppose his energy-permitting reform legislation. Manchin voiced his surprise about the GOP opposition in an interview with Fox News on Sept. 26, before adding that he was not surprised he wouldn\u2019t have the support of Sen. 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