Today on TAP: Chuck Schumer is bargaining with Joe Manchin on two vital fronts
Joe Manchin
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Infrastructure Summer: The Curse of Artificial Scarcity
As reconciliation elements get marked up, we see the consequences of tying spending and revenue together.
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Infrastructure Summer: Joe Manchin’s Symphony of Disingenuousness
He mumbles about inflation to try and stop a bill that’s primarily concerned with reducing inflation.
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Nature Versus Manchin
Today on TAP: Climate change has already demonstrated the need for infrastructure spending
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Infrastructure Summer: The Bipartisan Bill Is Step One of Many
Democrats might get hung up on the very next step, the budget resolution for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
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Republicans Play a Deadly Game on Climate
The bipartisan infrastructure bill grinds to a halt, and with it, nearly $50 billion in resilience funding.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Senate Budget Deal Kicks Off a Flurry of Negotiation
This is only the beginning of a long, long process.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Manchin Profits From Coal Sales to Utility Lobbying Group Members
Here’s what we found about the Manchin family coal brokerage and its business with members of the powerful Edison Electric Institute.
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The Senate’s Quiet Opposers
Progressive Democrats view Joe Manchin as the chief blocker of progress, for thwarting the voting rights bill and refusing to break the filibuster. But he’s not alone.