Manchin Suffers Legislative, Party Setbacks

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., endured a politically rough day Tuesday.

First, a permitting reform bill that Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had agreed upon was excluded from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Manchin had pushed for energy-permit refoms, including speeding up environmental reviews, expediting priority fossil and renewable projects, beefing up transmission lines, and securing the approval of a natural gas pipeline in West Virginia.