Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have released preliminary details of a bill to address climate change, taxes, health care and inflation. The agreement is a major reversal for Democrats, who had narrowed their ambitions for the package to address looming …
Manchin's Climate 'Dirty Side Deal' Faces Opposition
Democrat and Republican lawmakers seem to mostly agree: Reject the permit reform bill proposed by West Virginia's senior senator. It's the result of a secret deal Joe Manchin made with Sen. Chuck Schumer to pass the Inflation Reduction Act which addressed climate change. Both parties are upset, but for different reasons, and have vowed to defeat it — Manchin calls it "revenge politics." Nevertheless, Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi say they're "open" to the bill.
What's the Side Deal?
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) reached their agreement on a major tax and climate package Tuesday …
Scientists, health experts and environmental groups have condemned new legislation negotiated in secret by the fossil-fuel-friendly Democratic senator Joe Manchin and the Senate leader, Chuck Schumer, which will fast-track large energy projects by gutting clean water and environmental …
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