December 15 update – We won, again! For an unprecedented third time, Manchin's zombie dirty deal has been defeated. It failed on the Senate floor, 47-47, with 60 votes needed for passage.

This is yet another huge victory for frontline communities — especially those fighting the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) — and climate justice warriors like you who've called, written, and posted this past week to put pressure on the Senate to reject Manchin's dirty deal. Thank you to everyone who took action, truly.

More details are below the image, but first we have to remind you that stopping this dirty deal wasn't cheap, and that like all zombie horrors it may be back sooner than we want. If you can, please chip in to support our work – we paid for thousands of dollars of phone calls, emails, social media advertisements, and more in the last few weeks. Or, If you've saved your payment information, use the links below and your donation will go through immediately:

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Even if you can't support financially, you can help by taking actions like calling for Manchin to be removed as Senate Energy chair, and demanding a vote on the EJ for All Act as an antidote to Manchin's dirty deal.

We stopped Manchin's dirty deal a third time

This still may not be the end of Manchin's dirty zombie deal. Congress still has to pass a government funding bill next week, similar to the Continuing Resolution Manchin first tried to attach his deal to last September. We'll be on guard in case he tries these tricks again before the end of the year.

And it's extremely concerning that almost every single Democrats, as well as a few "climate conscious" Republicans like Susan Collins of Maine, voted for Manchin's dirty deal. Not to mention that the Biden White House came out and endorsed the deal yesterday morning.

But today, we're just grateful to you and all our allies. Thanks and congratulations are due to our brave Senate Democrat friends who voted nay in spite of all that pressure from their President and party – they are Senators Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker of New Jersey, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Bernie Sanders (but not Pat Leahy) of Vermont, and Tim Kaine (but not Mark Warner) of Virginia.

Please also send thanks and praise to all our friends and family in Republican states (we see you!) who called their Senators even though they weren't likely to oppose a bill that's good for fossil fuels. It took both progressive Democrats and recalcitrant Republicans (and more than a few of absences due to weather) to defeat this zombie deal.

Check the blog post for more links and details as well as the whole month-long saga of this zombie bill.

Thanks again and Congratulations,

Drew and the 198 ways to slay the zombie pipeline menace crew

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We won, again, John!Thanks to everyone who called, posted, and took action we have defeated Manchin's dirty deal for an unprecedented third time.

We won, again, John!

Thanks to everyone who called, posted, and took action we have defeated Manchin's dirty deal for an unprecedented third time.