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Senate advances bill to avert government shutdown after stripping Manchin energy permitting provision

A bill to avert a government shutdown cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate Tuesday after lawmakers stripped a proposal from Sen. Joe Manchin on energy permitting reform from the legislation. 

By a vote of 72-23 the Senate agreed to proceed to debate on the temporary funding bill, which will keep government services operating until Dec. 16. This sets Congress on track to likely clear the bill through both chambers and send it to President Biden’s desk before government funding runs out midnight Friday. 

MANCHIN ENERGY PERMITTING PROPOSAL STRIPPED FROM FUNDING BILL AFTER GOP, PROGRESSIVE OPPOSITION

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said that the Manchin, D-W.Va., proposal was the only sticking point in their chamber. And House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., has been adamant his chamber won’t allow a government shutdown. 

MANCHIN ‘DIDN’T EXPECT’ REPUBLICANS TO JOIN BERNIE SANDERS IN OPPOSITION TO ENERGY PERMITTING BILL

“It is unfortunate that members of the United States Senate are allowing politics to put the energy security of our nation at risk,” Manchin, said in a statement announcing he would ask Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to remove the permitting reform from the funding bill. 

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Schumer Tuesday said the Senate will come back to the energy permitting reform issue later this year, as per a deal he made with Manchin last month. 

Sen. Tim Scott: Democrats' spending bill really the 'Inflation Seduction Act'

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., laid out why he believes a $750 billion-dollar spending package won’t help the economy Monday on “The Five.”  SEN. TIM SCOTT: If you have all four of those departments together, you will still have a bigger IRS and the scariest part for our viewers is there’s 87,000 new employees hunting for … Continue reading Sen. Tim Scott: Democrats' spending bill really the 'Inflation Seduction Act'

George W. Bush and Bill Clinton visit Ukrainian Church to lay flowers, pay respects

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush visited a Ukrainian church in a show of support as the country enters its fourth week of combating an invasion by Russia.

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Psaki calls Florida parental rights bill 'a form of bullying', dodges question on similar Biden 1994 vote

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki condemned the Florida parental rights in education bill as “discriminatory,” “horrific,” and “a form of bullying,” repeating a narrative that brands the legislation as “Don’t Say Gay” despite the bill’s actual contents.