Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell whacked Sen. Joe Manchin III on Tuesday for what the Kentucky Republican described as a flip-flop by the conservative West Virginia Democrat on gas stoves.
Mr. McConnell said Mr. Manchin, who is up for re-election next year and is one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats, “changed his tune” by authoring a bipartisan measure blocking the Biden administration from banning the popular cooking appliance. Mr. Manchin years ago dismissed a GOP-led endeavor to prevent natural gas bans in new construction.
Mr. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy Committee, rebuffed a proposal in 2021 from the panel’s top Republican, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, to bar the federal government from banning natural gas in new residential and commercial buildings. Since then, the state of New York and dozens of cities across the country have imposed such restrictions on natural gas.
“As our colleagues continue to make headway on the regular order appropriations, I’m glad this commonsense measure has earned bipartisan support,” Mr. McConnell said. “But it really begs the question: wouldn’t working families and small businesses be better off if Washington Democrats would just stand up to the radical climate regulations in the first place?”
Despite refusing to say whether he’ll seek reelection, Mr. Manchin raked in nearly $1.3 million from April through June compared to Mr. Justice’s less than $1 million.
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