SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--October 25, 2021--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--After forging numerous across-the-aisle compromises during his 36 years in the U.S. Senate, President Joe Biden earned a reputation as a dealmaker. The president's negotiating skills are being put to the test following a decision last week by Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia), chairman of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, to block the $150 billion Clean Energy Performance Program (CEPP), the environmental centerpiece of the president's $3.5-trillion "Build Back Better" agenda.