Sen. Joe Manchin 'unequivocally' said he won't support climate or tax provisions in bill he'd been negotiating with Democrats for months, sources say
Sen. Joe Manchin and his staff told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his staff"unequivocally" on Thursday the West Virginia Democrat won't support the climate or tax provisions of a Democratic economic package that the two had been negotiating for months, according to two sources familiar with the talks.
Schumer, a New York Democrat, made a number of concessions to pare back the climate provisions but Manchin would not budge.Manchin told Schumer he will not support a bill this month with any provisions on energy or climate, or consider raising taxes on the wealthy or corporations, which represents a massive blow to President Joe Biden's legislative agenda ahead of November's midterms. The Washington Post first reported Manchin's comments to Democratic leadership.
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