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Digital mjournal6/22/2023 ![]() “Literally, they are changing the rules as we are playing the game,” Crystal Cavalier-Keck, co-founder of indigenous environmental justice group 7 Directions of Service, told reporters on a Tuesday call. The whole deal, in my opinion, is a kick in the face to many groups in Virginia and elsewhere who challenged the pipeline in court and were successful in getting the permits struck down,ĬNN News is reporting that as recently as last month, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit had struck down permits for the project on the grounds that they violate the Clean Water Act. The Washington Post says House Republicans and their aides also played a key role in securing language in the debt ceiling deal to expedite the project’s completion, according to people close to the talks, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private deliberations. And Kevin McCarthy did his job by putting something first and starting this negotiation. Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, spent Tuesday gloating on the radio show, “Talkline,” In an interview, he said, “All of a sudden, did their job, they negotiated. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) into the debt ceiling deal came as a surprise to me and a hell of a lot of other people, including environmentalists, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. ![]() Getting the controversial pipeline championed by Sen. ![]() Carol Miller (R-W.Va.), according to people familiar with the conversation. ![]() “We got Mountain Valley Pipeline done,” McCarthy told Rep. On Saturday, right after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached a secret agreement with President Biden on the debt ceiling, McCarthy called a little-known congresswoman about a once obscure energy project. The US debt ceiling dispute has thrown a shadow over President Joe Biden's Asia trip - Copyright AFP OLIVIER DOULIERYĪttaching a controversial pipeline to the debt ceiling deal is a cheap shot to environmentalists and Democratic lawmakers. ![]()
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