Senator Manchin Accuses GOP, Senator Sanders of "Revenge Politics" Over Energy Permitting Deal

West Virginia Democratic Senator criticizes Republican leaders and Senator Bernie Sanders for engaging in "revenge politics" by opposing his energy permitting proposal, which he will unveil tomorrow and expects to be included in the Continuing Resolution to fund the government when it comes up for a vote next week. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, says he's "never seen stranger bedfellows than Bernie Sander and the extreme liberal left siding up with Republican leadership." close