Carper, Manchin say House Republicans ‘walked away’ from bipartisan energy talks

A bipartisan effort to speed up the buildout of the nation’s energy projects has failed — or at least will not be attached to a stopgap funding bill — say two key lawmakers who were involved with the effort. Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) both said in separate statements Monday that bipartisan…