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President Joe...Manchin thinks we're not watching what he is doing because we are distracted by war in Ukraine!
He told Newsmax, "No one will notice I voted with my Republican friends."
excerpts:
Manchin, who also chairs the Senate Energy Committee, said that the climate portion of any theoretical bill will look different now that Russia is invading Ukraine. Heās calling for the U.S. to ban oil imports from Russia and ramp up domestic energy production, including fossil fuels. He would support big clean energy investments in a potential deal, he said, but wants domestic oil, gas and coal production to still be a big part of the mix.
āYou want to be able to defend your people, have reliable, dependable and affordable power? You have to use āall of the above,āā Manchin said, defending his support for clean energy investments. āThey say āManchin doesnāt care ā¦ heās killing the environment.ā Iām not killing anything.ā
Though he prefers everything in Congress to be bipartisan, Manchin said he has ācome to that conclusionā that changing the tax code to make the rich and corporations pay their fair share can only be done with Democratic votes. As far as whether he thinks his party finally understands his parameters for joining the talks, he said that Democrats āknow where I am. They just basically think that Iām going to change.ā
Asked about Manchinās far narrower proposal, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) scoffed, saying it would not satisfy many of the Houseās frustrated liberals. She seemed more interested in still trying to change Manchinās mind on the expanded child tax credit and other domestic programs than in accepting his blueprint.
āI would hope he would reconsider, and realize how many people are being left behind,ā Lee said. āWeāve got to keep going and try to get everything that we can get.ā
āWe just have to fish or cut bait on reconciliation. Enough of this,ā countered Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). thereās so much that we all agree on, that we ought to be able to get a deal, get it together and get it doneā
Meanwhile, aggravation with the West Virginia senator remains high in the House, where members have seen zero action on the multi-trillion-dollar social spending plan that required them to burn huge amounts of political capital to get passed.
āI think Mr. Manchin is a good and decent man who is out of sync right now with the goals of the American public,ā Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) said, adding that he was unaware of any of Manchinās recent pivots toward energy or deficit reduction.
He told Newsmax, "No one will notice I voted with my Republican friends."
Dems agonize over Manchin's wish list: Taxes, prescription drugs, climate cash
"And the social issues, we basically have to deal with those" afterward, the West Virginia centrist said in a post-State of the Union interview.
www.politico.com
excerpts:
Manchin, who also chairs the Senate Energy Committee, said that the climate portion of any theoretical bill will look different now that Russia is invading Ukraine. Heās calling for the U.S. to ban oil imports from Russia and ramp up domestic energy production, including fossil fuels. He would support big clean energy investments in a potential deal, he said, but wants domestic oil, gas and coal production to still be a big part of the mix.
āYou want to be able to defend your people, have reliable, dependable and affordable power? You have to use āall of the above,āā Manchin said, defending his support for clean energy investments. āThey say āManchin doesnāt care ā¦ heās killing the environment.ā Iām not killing anything.ā
Though he prefers everything in Congress to be bipartisan, Manchin said he has ācome to that conclusionā that changing the tax code to make the rich and corporations pay their fair share can only be done with Democratic votes. As far as whether he thinks his party finally understands his parameters for joining the talks, he said that Democrats āknow where I am. They just basically think that Iām going to change.ā
Asked about Manchinās far narrower proposal, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) scoffed, saying it would not satisfy many of the Houseās frustrated liberals. She seemed more interested in still trying to change Manchinās mind on the expanded child tax credit and other domestic programs than in accepting his blueprint.
āI would hope he would reconsider, and realize how many people are being left behind,ā Lee said. āWeāve got to keep going and try to get everything that we can get.ā
āWe just have to fish or cut bait on reconciliation. Enough of this,ā countered Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). thereās so much that we all agree on, that we ought to be able to get a deal, get it together and get it doneā
Meanwhile, aggravation with the West Virginia senator remains high in the House, where members have seen zero action on the multi-trillion-dollar social spending plan that required them to burn huge amounts of political capital to get passed.
āI think Mr. Manchin is a good and decent man who is out of sync right now with the goals of the American public,ā Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) said, adding that he was unaware of any of Manchinās recent pivots toward energy or deficit reduction.