Patience wears thin for Joe Manchin to strike bipartisan deal on energy, climate

Hope is quickly deteriorating among senators involved in monthslong bipartisan discussions led by Sen. Joe Manchin that a package on energy and climate policies will ever be achieved.

The waning optimism also applies to the centrist West Virginia Democrat, raising questions about how much longer talks will persist before lawmakers decide to throw in the towel.  

“The bottom line is we got some tight windows here we have to work in. We’ve got to make some decisions here,” Mr. Manchin told reporters Wednesday evening after the bipartisan group’s fifth meeting.

Once far more...