After Sen. Joe Manchin rejects climate and tax reform provisions, Democrats look to what they can pass before the midterm elections.
After Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III this week rejected his party’s promised reforms on taxes and climate change, President Biden on Friday urged Democrats to instead pass a slimmed-down healthcare bill in the run-up to the midterm election.
It would likely serve as their last major policy message before voters go to the polls to determine which party controls Congress for the remainder of Biden’s current term.“Chuck, can we just wait until the inflation figures come out … and then make a decision what we can do and how much we can do” on climate and taxes? Manchin told Schumer on Thursday, according to the West Virginian’s retelling on a local radio station Friday. “He took that as no, I guess.
Manchin said the drug negotiation policy would save the federal government about $280 billion. He called for $40 billion of that savings to go toward extending the subsidy enhancements and the remainder to go toward deficit reduction. “If I thought continuing to coddle Mr. Manchin would get us a climate deal, I would be over there with a dozen roses and giving him a foot rub,” he said. “Lucy has pulled back the football a few too many times.”
The exclusion of climate policies could eliminate any meaningful action on the issue for years, given the strong opportunity Republicans have to take control of the House in the midterms. Huffman worries that the lack of Democratic accomplishments on climate when the party controls both chambers of Congress — albeit by slim margins — and the White House could have a further chilling effect for the party in the election.
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