With Senate hearings due on possible legislation to speed up federal review and permitting for construction projects, a coalition of construction and other business groups is pushing the case for bipartisan legislation to meet that goal.
Sen. Joe Manchin decision, announced shortly before a key Senate procedural floor vote on spending bill, leaves up in the air the fate of his proposed changes to project environmental review process
Senate consideration of the proposal included in a stopgap spending bill was a condition the West Virginia Democrat won for his support of the $369B climate funding package President Joe Biden signed in August.
