Manchin Says He May Need 20 GOP Votes for Energy-Permitting Plan

Source: Bloomberg

Manchin Says He May Need 20 GOP Votes for Energy-Permitting Plan

Ari Natter and Erik Wasson
Thu, September 15, 2022 at 6:02 PM·3 min read

(Bloomberg) -- Senator Joe Manchin said Thursday he needs as many as 20 Senate Republicans to vote for his plan to streamline the federal approval for energy projects to counter Democratic defections -- further casting doubt on the effort to tie his bill to a must-pass spending bill this month.

Manchin said he was hopeful Republican West Virginia colleague Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who introduced a GOP permitting reform bill that has 46 GOP co-sponsors earlier this week, would be able to convince 15 to 20 Republicans to vote for his bill, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said would be attached to must-pass government funding legislation.

“That’s the only way it’s going to happen,” Manchin told reporters. “She got 40-plus Republicans to join her. She’s just got to get 20 of them to follow her.”

Capito indicated in a statement that she may be unwilling to provide votes for the plan she hasn’t seen and didn’t negotiate.

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