Manchin is proposing a fossil fuel–friendly chair for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Instead, Biden could allow Democrats to regain control of FERC.
Joe Manchin
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The Poverty Yo-Yo
New Census Bureau statistics show that abandoning the successful anti-poverty interventions of the pandemic has put the nation right back where it started.
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The Plutocratic Policies of No Labels
Today on TAP: Cutting Social Security, nixing increases to family benefits, No Labels’ economics are old-school Republican.
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Manchin’s Pipeline Payoff Strangles Future Permitting Reform Negotiations
The Fiscal Responsibility Act approved several items on fossil fuel industry wish lists, with nothing for renewable energy. That kills leverage for a broader deal.
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Why Democrats Rescued the Deal
Today on TAP: More Democrats than Republicans voted for the Biden-McCarthy deal. Here’s why.
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Congress Can Defeat Judicial Overreach
On today’s X-Date: Joe Manchin’s Pipeline Payoff gets immunized from judicial review, as does what could have been a deregulation ratchet.
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You Go to War (or Not) With the President You Have
Today on TAP: The debt ceiling idiocy tells us a lot about Joe Biden’s strengths and limitations.
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The Auto-CR Dilemma
Today’s X-Date: If the debt ceiling deal passes, the military budget goes up and IRS funding gets slashed. But if Congress doesn’t pass the subsequent spending bills, that reverses.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Manchin Again?!
In search of a deal on energy (and maybe the debt ceiling), the White House puts the West Virginia senator at the center of the action.