71 House Democrats warned Speaker Nancy Pelosi against tying this month's must-pass government funding bill to Joe Manchin's legislation to spur oil and gas drilling.
Schumer, D-N.Y., confirmed earlier this week that he would attach the permitting legislation to the government funding bill, which must pass by Sept. 30 or risk a shutdown. House Democrats say the decision is fraught with risk, however.
Signatories included not just progressive firebrands, like Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, but also House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's leadership allies. The permitting bill, which has yet to be made public, would set timelines by which environmental agencies must conduct reviews for proposed projects. It would also require the federal government to hold more leasing auctions for the right to drill on federal land.
Manchin's biggest prize, however, is provisions of the expected bill that would catalyze approval of a natural gas pipeline running for more than 300 miles through Virginia and West Virginia. The $6.6 billionwas started in 2014 and is nearly 90% complete, but has stalled in recent months among environmental lawsuits.
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