{"id":1771085,"date":"2022-12-10T08:33:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771085"},"modified":"2022-12-10T08:48:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:48:16","slug":"all-eyes-on-sen-manchin-after-sen-sinema-switches-party-affiliation-to-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-eyes-on-sen-manchin-after-sen-sinema-switches-party-affiliation-to-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"All Eyes on Sen. Manchin After Sen. Sinema Switches Party Affiliation to Independent"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fall-eyes-on-sen-manchin-after-sen-sinema-switches-party-affiliation-to-independent%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=1771085&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2022-08\/GettyImages-1412701588.jpg?h=199d8c1f&#038;itok=5rGf4H2d\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"     style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>All eyes are on West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin&#8217;s future after Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema&#8217;s departure from the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/opinion\/op-ed\/2022\/12\/09\/sen-kyrsten-sinema-of-arizona-why-im-registering-as-an-independent\/69712395007\/\">Sinema revealed<\/a> on Friday that she has registered as an independent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like a lot of Arizonans, I have never fit perfectly in either national party,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Becoming an independent\u00a0won&#8217;t change my work in the Senate; my service to Arizona remains the same.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised Manchin to deliver on permitting reform and a pipeline project in exchange for his vote in favor of the $740 Inflation Reduction Act in August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.senate.gov\/2022\/9\/manchin-releases-comprehensive-permitting-reform-text-to-be-included-in-continuing-resolution\">Manchin had argued<\/a> that fast-tracking the federal permitting process for energy projects would be a win for the American public, especially given the pain that Americans have been facing at the pump.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Manchin was unable to attach permitting reform and the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Appalachia to the appropriations bill that was ultimately passed.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Republicans were upset that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2022\/9\/27\/23375059\/joe-manchin-permitting-reform-progressives-republicans\">Manchin ultimately compromised<\/a> with the Democrats and supported Biden&#8217;s IRA through the budget reconciliation process with only Democratic votes. Progressive Democratic lawmakers opposed Manchin&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.senate.gov\/2022\/9\/manchin-releases-comprehensive-permitting-reform-text-to-be-included-in-continuing-resolution\">permitting reform language<\/a>, citing climate change concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An effort <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/dec\/07\/joe-manchin-legislation-energy-fast-track-democrats-defense-act\">this week<\/a> to include permitting reform in the National Defense Authorization Act failed due to pressure on Democratic congressional leaders from progressive Democratic lawmakers, environmental groups and climate activists.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin&#8217;s office did not return a request for comment on Friday about Sinema leaving the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All eyes are on West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin&#8217;s future after Arizona Sen. 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