The provisions were included as part of a deal to suspend the debt ceiling for two years in exchange for some additional spending caps and minor adjustments to work requirements. “We took it out of that arena and now good policy has come through.” “It became a political football last year,” Manchin said on Sunday. The West Virginia senator had been pushing for permitting reform and faced pushback to some deals in the past from Republicans, who said certain bills did not go far enough, and from some progressive Democrats, who expressed concern over the potential harm it could cause to the environment. House GOP to turn up heat on feds over gas stoves Our Republican colleagues in the Senate, all of us, have spearheaded this thing from day one,” Manchin said on “Fox News Sunday” with Shannon Bream.įederal court to hear challenge over Prince Harry’s US visa following drug use admission A big thank you for Kevin McCarthy and his leadership team. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) thanked Republicans on Sunday for helping secure permitting reform in the debt ceiling bill, a provision he has long fought to pass despite some pushback from factions of both parties.

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