Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, struck a sweet pipeline deal as part of his support for President Biden’s climate bill, prompting one Republican to ask: What happened to Sen. Jon Tester and the Keystone XL project?
Katie Schoettler, spokesperson for Sen. Steve Daines, Montana Republican, argued that the Democrat Tester, of Montana, blew a golden opportunity to leverage his vote for the $433 billion tax-and-spending package in exchange for the go-ahead on the Keystone XL pipeline, which Mr. Biden killed on his first day in office.
“It seems Manchin went back on his word to move forward with the ‘Build Back Broke’ plan because he got a pledge to finish a pipeline in his state,” she said in a Tuesday email blast.