It’s almost impossible for Democrats to pass any legislation through Congress without all 50 Democratic Senators signing on. That means Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), arguably the most conservative Democrat in the chamber, is very, very powerful.
On this episode of our weekly environmental podcast, Parts Per Billion, we talk to Bloomberg Government’s Kellie Lunney, who recently traveled to the Mountain State to learn about what Manchin’s constituents want him to do to on fossil fuels and other climate policies. Lunney says Manchin, and his also-very-powerful counterpart, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), may not actually block every piece of climate legislation that the Senate will consider.
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