Senator Manchin Threatens To Block Biden Nominees Over IRA Energy Provisions

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin on Friday threatened to hold up more of President Joe Biden’s nominees if the Administration doesn’t stick to the energy lane carved forward by the Inflation reduction act. In a Houston Chronicle opinion piece on Friday, Senator Manchin said that the Administration should stick with implementing the IRA that was passed, “not the law they wanted but did not get.” Machin added that “if they choose to continue down this path there will be consequences now and in the future.” Manchin…