Joe Manchin demands climate provisions stripped from budget bill

Posted on AllSides October 18th, 2021
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Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin offered a lump of coal to his fellow Democrats after he demanded $150 billion in clean-energy initiatives be removed from a budget bill currently making its way through the Senate.

Senate sources confirmed to The Post that Manchin was “dug in” on climate issues.

“As a path forward there are two choices, compromise in some form or fashion or eliminate the climate aspect from reconciliation and work on it thereafter,” said one senior insider in the chamber.

Manchin has already expressed cost reservations about the...

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