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STILL THE MANCHIN: West Virgina Senator Bucks Party, Won't Support Spending on Climate Measures

posted by Hannity Staff - 7.15.22

Joe Manchin has a familiar message for his fellow Democrats: “no.”

According to a report from Bloomberg, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has once again crushed President Joe Biden’s hopes of sneaking radical climate change initiatives and tax increases through the Senate. Manchin told party leaders this week that he will not support new spending —he will only support legislation to lower prescription drug prices.

From Bloomberg:

Manchin told Majority Leader Chuck Schumer he’s only willing to support legislation to lower prescription drug prices and extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, the people said. That leaves Democrats in a position of accepting a much smaller package shorn of nearly all of their long-term ambitions from a year ago, or getting nothing.

His decision is a de facto veto of Biden’s hopes to revive the economic plan that fizzled last year, angering Democratic progressives who had been counting on sweeping policy wins. Manchin’s vote is pivotal in the evenly divided Senate, where Democrats need a united caucus to pass the economic package by simple majority under special budget reconciliation rules.

Just days ago, Manchin and Schumer were negotiating over hundreds of billions in spending on measures designed to fight climate change, including tax breaks for renewable energy, electric vehicles and other clean power sources. The loss of those plans will be a bitter pill for many Democrats on Capitol Hill and at the White House. Solar stocks fell in early US trading.

“Political headlines are of no value to the millions of Americans struggling to afford groceries and gas as inflation soars to 9.1%,” said Manchin spokeswoman Sam Runyon. “Senator Manchin believes it’s time for leaders to put political agendas aside, reevaluate and adjust to the economic realities the country faces to avoid taking steps that add fuel to the inflation fire.”

“I was talking about inflation before it was even thought about,” Manchin told reporters earlier. “And now I’m more concerned than ever before.”

Continue reading over at Bloomberg:

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