Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin, a key moderate Democrat from West Virginia, announced Wednesday that he will vote to confirm Deb Haaland, President Joe Biden's pick to be Interior secretary.
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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) urged the White House in a letter yesterday to consider the positive attributes of natural gas production as the new administration makes energy and climate policy decisions.
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Published: Thursday, February 4, 2021
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News
Senate Republicans, led by Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, will push numerous amendment votes today to get Democrats on the record on controversial issues. Francis Chung/E&E News
Senate Republicans are likely to force votes related to recent climate change and energy executive orders as part of a marathon budget vote series starting today.
The action will come as the Senate holds a vote-a-rama a lengthy series of nonbinding votes to the Democrats budget blueprint, which is the first step to the reconciliation process to approve a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package by simple majority.