Washington Post: “White House officials agreed to include the language to honor a promise they made to Manchin last summer. To secure Manchin’s support for Democrats’ landmark climate law, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, party leaders agreed to pass a follow-up bill that would speed up the nation’s permitting process for the pipeline and other energy projects.”
“The debt ceiling deal would approve all of the outstanding permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline within 21 days of the bill’s passage. Environmental lawyers have called this language an extraordinary end-run around the courts, noting that the pipeline has been delayed by a string of legal setbacks.”
CNN: Manchin could get a gas pipeline out of the debt ceiling deal, and environmental advocates are livid.

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