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Joe Manchin Agrees to Climate and Tax Package
July 27, 2022 at 5:34 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 273 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/07/27/manchin-agrees-to-climate-and-tax-package/
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that he had struck a deal with Democratic leaders on a domestic spending package that includes climate and energy programs and tax increases, less than two weeks after abruptly upending hopes for such a deal this summer, the New York Times reports.
In a statement, Mr. Manchin, who had been his partys main holdout on an expansive social policy, climate and tax package, confirmed his support for the measure in a statement that did not provide detail on its precise elements. But in the statement, he signaled support for climate and energy programs, as well as some tax provisions, all of which he had previously suggested he could not support because of concerns about inflation.
It was not clear what had changed his mind about the plan, which only weeks ago he had said he could not back until he saw more economic data next month.
Washington Post: The new agreement opens the door for party lawmakers to try to advance the measure as soon as next week, capping off months of debate, delay and acrimony that some Democrats came to see as detrimental to their political fate ahead of this falls elections.
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mucifer
(23,566 posts)Triloon
(506 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)see it.
Add this to the big win on the chip manufacturing bill and the Dems are racking up quite a record of legislative successes. I'm a bit surprised so many folks here are angry about a win.
Beachnutt
(7,341 posts)needing a cash infusion from big oil,
Every time he says he is voting for green energy he gets big contributions and then he backs out.
His way of black mailing big oil ?
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,675 posts)and they get up and do it again.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,563 posts)MoscowMitch promised to block CHIPS bill if Democrats tried to do reconciliation bill. Schumer and Biden screwed MoscowMitch by having Senate vote on CHIPS first before the announcement of this package
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