Manchin Threatens to Block More Biden Nominees as He Blasts White House
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news.yahoo.comHouse GOP votes to overturn Biden rule on water protections
The House has voted 227-198 to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burden to business.
Joe Manchin won't run for president in 2024, considers political future as potential GOP challengers loom
Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday he would not be running for president, but stopped short of saying whether her will run for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
foxnews.comNorton, Booker Announce Hearing on D.C. Slave Memorial
Eleanor Holmes Norton and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), announced Tuesday that the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing this week on their Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act. The bill, which passed the House in September, authorizes a memorial on federal land in the city to honor enslaved people. The memorial, if the bill becomes law, will be established by the George-town African American Historic Landmark Project and Tour. “Thank you to Senator Booker for introducing the companion bill in the Senate and to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for holding this important hearing. I applaud the House for passing my Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act and commend the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for taking up this important legislation in their next hearing.”
thewestsidegazette.comManchin rails against 'revenge politics' on permit plan
Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday railed against what he called “revenge politics″ being used against him, as liberals in the House and Senate team up with Republicans to oppose his plan to speed permits for natural gas pipelines and other energy projects.