Appropriators excluded an effort to accelerate the federal permitting process for energy projects in the fiscal 2023 spending package released early Tuesday morning.
- Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) unsuccessfully tried multiple times to include proposal in must-pass legislation this year
- Manchin won bipartisan support for measure in Senate but not enough to overcome resistance from progressive Democrats
- Proposal would have approved completion of delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Manchin is expected to try again to overhaul permitting as head of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources panel in the 118th Congress
- Previously: Why Democrats Are Fighting Over How to Permit Energy Projects ...
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