White House is torn over Joe Manchin’s fury at climate law he crafted

As White House officials weigh how much to give in to his demands, rift grows between president and senator from West Virginia

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Broadly, if Joe Manchin is grumpy about something climate-related, I’m happy about it

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- It's important that thr White House not go along with him though
  
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  Oh for sure! Speeding up interconnections is important for siting renewables at the pace we need, but not if it means FERC is going to approve NG projects faster too
  
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well … he’s a Republican in all but name and the Democrats are perfectly happy to capitulate any chance they get …

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- It's more that they've needed his vote in a lot of cases, and the Senate has rules letting individual Senators block nominations.
  
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  That's their excuse, yes. In reality, though, they can do filibuster carveout exceptions for every bill (including one to remove the filibuster entirely) and appoint someone who's NOT a coal baron fox to guard the energy and natural resources committee hen house.
  
  They CHOOSE to let him get in the way of mitigating climate change.
  
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Manchin in reelection mode. He needs to appeal to his dipshit constituents. He really should change parties, as he's threatened to do a few times.

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