Washington — West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin III defended his decision on Friday to unplug the party’s efforts to pass key climate, energy, and tax packages this summer. .. A year.
Manchin’s comments in an interview with a West Virginia radio host end up supporting a significant part of President Biden’s agenda, despite his conservative senator being the chief Democrat. It was the latest case of hanging possibilities. Obstacles to enacting them.
In a personal conversation with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in New York, he said that if the Democratic Party moves forward as planned with a legislative package this summer, it will raise climate, energy measures and taxes. It was done the day after showing that it would not be accepted. For wealthy Americans and businesses.
of interview Manchin, along with radio moderator Hoppy Kirshval, told Schumar that he would like to wait for climate and tax proposals to act until July’s inflation rate is announced. ..
“Wait until it comes out, and you’ll see that we’re on a non-inflammatory path to further increase inflation,” Manchin told Schumaer. He added: And basically no decision can be made on any kind of tax, nor on energy and climate. “
Understand what happened to Biden’s national agenda
“Better buildback.” Prior to being elected president in 2020, Joseph R. Byden Jr. clarified his ambitious vision for the administration under the slogan “Build Back Better,” invested in clean energy, and raised spending on American-made products. I promised to make sure it was used.
If the Democratic Party insists on promoting legislative measures earlier, Manchin will only act on proposals aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs and expanding subsidies for expanded health insurance reforms. I said it should be.
That attitude effectively reduces the potential for action in the coming days, which is an important priority for the Democratic Party, and unless it completely abandons its climate and tax proposals, it will be a domestic policy package signed by the interim period. The November parliamentary elections strongly suggested that there was a risk that some could not be saved. Inflation in July will be announced on August 10, after the Senate has left Washington for a five-week summer vacation.
When lawmakers return in September, they have only a limited time frame to act on the package. And they are keen to devote as much time as possible to campaigning for everything that passed before the November elections.
The waiting game once again put Mr Manchin at the center of the Democratic High Stakes political and policy negotiations. The Democrats once struggled for months to win his vote on one of the ambitious domestic agendas. They distorted themselves to fit his frequently changing orders and repeatedly reduced their ambitions to stay within his red line, but they are their number one priority so far. I’m leaving empty-handed.
With a very thin Democratic margin of control in the 50-50 Senate and unified opposition to most of the Republican’s top priorities, Mr Manchin has an effective veto against the party’s legislative strategy. Has been exercised frequently and involuntarily. Some Democrats on Friday seem happy to bet that Manchin is willing to return to negotiations and accept the climate and energy supply after suffering political damage from a year of painstaking talks. was.
Senator Martin Heinrich, a Democrat in New Mexico, publicly meditated on whether Mr. Manchin was worthy of chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Senate Committee.
Using the committee’s abbreviation, Mr. Heinrich I wrote on Twitter: “Senator Manchin’s refusal to act is annoying. I wonder why he is chairing the ENR,” he added. “This is the moment we deal with the challenges judged by our children, grandchildren, and future generations. We can’t wait anymore.”
In a radio interview, Mr Manchin continued to focus on the negotiations, but claimed he would not give in to what he said as a pressure campaign from his party.
“I’m up to now. I didn’t let the staff through this. Unless I seriously try to find a way to do good in our country, I’ll do this I didn’t go through, “Mr. Manchin said. “They can’t understand because I have a” D “in my name or someone has an” R “in their name. Not me. “