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Manchin permitting bill faces difficult path forward

WASHINGTON — Legislation by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia that would overhaul the federal permitting process for energy and infrastructure projects received the endorsement on Thursday of his fellow Mountain State senator, Shelley Moore Capito, who had previously introduced a Republican bill to counter Manchin’s.

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Schumer starts process for taking up stopgap funding bill - Roll Call

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer took the first preliminary step Thursday toward considering stopgap funding legislation.

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Manchin permitting bill faces difficult path forward - Roll Call

Sen. Joe Manchin III's legislation to overhaul the federal permitting process got a GOP endorsement, but Democrats lined up in opposition.

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Schumer mulls filing cloture for stopgap funding bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps beginning Thursday to set up a final vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

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Schumer mulls filing cloture on shell for stopgap funding bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps beginning Thursday to set up a final vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

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Senate approves treaty that would limit potent greenhouse gases - Roll Call

The Senate voted 69-27 Wednesday to approve the Kigali Amendment, a treaty that would limit highly potent greenhouse gases.

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Manchin unveils permitting proposal as battle lines harden - Roll Call

Sen. Joe Manchin III proposed setting a two-year target for environmental reviews of major projects and shortening the statute of limitations for legal challenges.

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Schumer mulls filing cloture on shell for stopgap funding bill - Roll Call

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps to set up a vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

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Manchin says his energy permitting bill will be ready Wednesday

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III says his long-anticipated bill to streamline energy infrastructure permitting will be released Wednesday and that he hopes Republicans will change their minds about opposing it before it comes up for a vote on a stopgap funding bill next week.

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Manchin: Energy permitting bill to be ready Wednesday - Roll Call

Sen. Joe Manchin III says his bill to streamline energy infrastructure permitting will be released Wednesday.

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Backers of West Virginia pipeline have financial, campaign ties

WASHINGTON — Politicians backing an unfinished West Virginia gas pipeline at the center of debate in Congress have received thousands of dollars in contributions from the companies behind the project, hold stock in those companies or both.

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Pipeline's backers have financial, campaign ties - Roll Call

Politicians backing a West Virginia gas pipeline have received thousands of dollars in contributions from companies behind the project.

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Same-sex marriage bill stalls in Senate amid GOP opposition - Roll Call

Senate Democrats punted a vote on a bill to bolster same-sex marriage rights until after the midterm elections Thursday.

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House Democrats seek diplomatic solution to permitting impasse - Roll Call

House Democrats opposed to adding an energy permitting measure to a spending bill aren't yet threatening to vote no. Most hope it won't come to that.

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Biden celebrates Democratic victories, but GOP extremism remains his party’s midterm focus

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and more than a thousand party activists, business executives, union leaders and lawmakers celebrated the Democrats’ landmark climate change and drug pricing law at the White House on Tuesday afternoon.

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Democrats celebrate law aimed at combating inflation amid focus on abortion

Biden and Democrats celebrate "inflation reduction" law as CPI report tanks markets. Meanwhile, GOP proposes national abortion limits.

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Graham eyes national abortion ban - Roll Call

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said many in his party would prefer to deal with the issue "on a state level."

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Beating Manchin to the punch, Capito unveils permitting bill

WASHINGTON — States would be free to develop energy resources on federal lands within their borders, a series of Trump-era regulations would be set into law and a West Virginia pipeline would be approved under a Republican permitting bill that adds a wrinkle to Democrats’ internal squabble over the same…

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72 Democrats sign letter opposing Manchin permitting bill

WASHINGTON — Seventy-two House Democrats said Friday they oppose including legislation to change federal permitting laws in a funding bill to keep the government running at the end of September, teeing up a clash with party leadership.

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72 Democrats sign letter opposing Manchin permitting bill - Roll Call

72 Democrats signed a letter opposing the inclusion of legislation to ease federal permitting laws in a stopgap funding bill.

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Senators say vote on election reform bill unlikely until after midterms

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators pushing legislation designed to prevent a repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol say a vote on the package isn't likely until after election day.

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Senate leans toward Dec. 16 stopgap funding bill

Senate leaders appear to be on board with an interim spending measure that will keep the government operating until Dec. 16, which is also the preferred expiration date for House Democrats as they prep a continuing resolution for a vote as soon as next week.

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Senate leans toward Dec. 16 stopgap funding bill - Roll Call

Navigating the evenly divided Senate to get 60 votes to advance the bill will likely require talks on pandemic funding and other issues.

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Biden will cancel $10,000 of student debt for many borrowers

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is canceling $10,000 in student debt for individuals earning less than $125,000 annually and extending a pause on loan repayments for all borrowers through the end of the year.

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Biden to cancel up to $20K student debt per borrower - Roll Call

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for eligible borrowers.

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