For a small state, West Virginia has two senators with major pull. At the moment, however, the two aren’t exactly rowing in the same direction.
took to the Senate’s TV studio on Tuesday and implored Republicans to support his energy permitting plan,was talking to her own camera on the floor, laying into the Democratic party-line deal he helped negotiate. The divergent messages encapsulated the tense dynamic between Manchin and Capito, whose cordial but up-and-down relationship is being tested by an issue deeply important to their energy-dependent home.
‘“They have a working relationship just like most of us do. Being on either side of the parties, I’m sure it gets strained every once in a while,” said Sen.The Democratic centrist Manchin and deal-seeking Republican Capito share a desire to speed construction of massive energy projects. But under political pressure, they’re diverging on the details. Capito has her own bill that would weaken some environmental regulations and has broad GOP support.
Hanging over it all is Manchin’s potential 2024 reelection run in deep red West Virginia and the climate, tax and health care package that he negotiated with Senate Majority Leader. As part of that deal, Schumer and President Joe Biden agreed to support legislation speeding up consideration of massive energy projects, but now that push is in doubt thanks to Republican opposition in the Senate — and because its text won’t be public until Wednesday.
And in a mark of their unique cross-aisle relationship, she said of Manchin: “We’re friends. We’ve known each other forever.”
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