'The White House and Democratic leadership must push for the solutions we need, not merely what pleases Joe Manchin,' says foodandwater's GreenMitchJones.
in a statement Tuesday that"the Build Back Better bill was effectively stymied by Sen. Manchin, who is now apparently part of an effort to craft a bipartisan bill that would be even weaker than the compromise efforts he soundly rejected last year."
While congressional Democrats attempted to use the budget reconciliation process to pass the $1.75 trillion package, it was blocked by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Manchin, who said Monday that"if I can find something bipartisan, we don't need reconciliation.","Manchin told reporters after the meeting that one area of common ground could be reform of the federal oil and gas leasing process.
"Instead of letting Manchin and fossil fuel interests define the terms," he added,"the White House and Democratic leadership must push for the solutions we need, not merely what pleases Joe Manchin."a statement Tuesday opposing attempts to compromise with the GOP, declaring that"just as there's no negotiating with arsonists on how much of a building they can burn, there's no negotiating with a party of climate deniers on climate action.
"For decades, the overwhelming majority of Republicans in Washington, D.C. have made their views on climate change abundantly clear: It's much ado about nothing, if it even exists," the group noted, citing some prominent examples—including recent comments from Sen. Kevin Cramer , who attended Manchin's meeting.
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