Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) spoke to Manchin this week, and Westerman said each is committed to getting a result. The same goes for whether a bipartisan permitting agreement could help him achieve it. Several House Republicans who’ve spoken with Manchin said they’ve given little thought to what he - the pivotal vote on some of Biden’s biggest wins - will choose to do next year. It helps that the genial West Virginian has personally spoken with nearly every major House player on the issue, from Speaker Kevin McCarthy to GOP panel chairs to the Democrats who are quietly supportive of his push. John Cornyn (R-Texas).Īmid the political intrigue, House Republicans are downright buoyant about their chances of reaching a Manchin-blessed deal on energy permitting that would help speed the way for construction of major fossil-fuel and other projects. “It would certainly make me think twice, if I was in his shoes,” said Sen. They see the Democrat-turned-Republican as the strongest possible recruit to force Manchin into retirement.
Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) is already running for the seat, but Republicans are also looking to land West Virginia Gov. And if he decides to run, I am confident he will win,” Peters said. It’s not like we have a lot of Democrats wanting to run in West Virginia.
Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who chairs the party’s campaign arm, said he’d had conversations with Manchin about running again but is taking a light touch. Senate Democrats are similarly playing it cool when it comes to the parlor game of what Manchin might be thinking about 2024. John Curtis (R-Utah), who is so devoted to an energy deal that he turned down a spot on a more sought-after House committee to work on it. “There’s a lot of motivation all around for us to do something on permitting reform,” said Rep. Yet for the moment, the House Republican majority is staying open to collaboration with Manchin on the topic, regardless of his political future - as long as any cross-Capitol compromise delivers a win for them, too. Manchin spent the first two years of Biden’s presidency cutting deals with more liberal Democrats, only to get kneecapped by Senate Republicans on his final push for an energy permitting deal. There’s also a critical new ingredient to his legislative success in the newly empowered House GOP. “And if you can’t implement a bill that basically is all about national security … it’s bullshit.” The country desperately needs energy security,” Manchin said. I’m just trying to get things implemented. In his typical style, Manchin says none of those moves have anything to do with his reelection decision. He thrashed the president’s team Wednesday for “putting their radical climate agenda ahead of our nation’s energy security” then on Thursday said White House advisor John Podesta was “irresponsible” in comments about Chinese energy production. It seems not a day goes by without Manchin tweaking the Biden administration over something. Manchin summed up his pugnacious approach to Biden nominees on Friday morning, declaring that “going forward, each and every proposed nominee I will review will be judged through one prism: Are they political partisans first or Americans first?” in a Houston Chronicle op-ed. That’s why I haven’t made any commitment or a decision,” Manchin said in an interview this week. “If you can’t do the job the last two years because you’re in cycle, that tells you what’s wrong with this place.
That came on the heels of opposition this week to Biden’s proposed IRS commissioner and a decisive blow to the nomination of an FCC commissioner. On Friday morning he conveyed that his committee will not move forward with Interior nominee Laura Daniel-Davis. And the West Virginian is well aware of the limited window to maximize his current role as the GOP’s best bipartisan dealmaking partner and the Senate Energy Committee chair.
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