Manchin announces deal with Democrats on major tax and climate | The Guardian news (unofficial)

Manchin announces deal with Democrats on major tax and climate bill

News of agreement breaks deadlock two weeks after conservative Democrat had appeared to kill off Biden’s climate agendaDemocrat Joe Manchin announced on Wednesday afternoon that he has reached a deal with the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, on a domestic policy bill that would pay down national debt, cut energy costs and lower the cost of health insurance and prescription drugs, while supporting a “realistic” climate policy.The development came almost two weeks after the West Virginia conservative senator had appeared essentially to kill off flagship climate action legislation when he came out against raising taxes on wealth Americans and refused to support more funding for climate action. Continue reading...

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