Senate Democrats have been rushing to pass their climate, health and tax
bill before their scheduled month-long August recess. But as part of the
deal, Senator Joe Manchin also secured a commitment from President Joe
Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi to pursue something he’s been demanding for a longtime:
permitting reform. POLITICO’s Josh Siegel and Kelsey Tamborrino discuss
Manchin’s side deal and how Republicans and Democrats are reacting.

 

Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy.

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.