They can use the savings from provisions that will likely fall out of the bill in the Senate to make some remaining programs permanent.
Joe Manchin
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Electric Cars AND Union Workers
Today on TAP: The Build Back Better bill’s support for both exemplifies the just transition we need to save the planet. And—surprise—Joe Manchin doesn’t like it.
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The Stupid Technicality That Could Down the Biden Agenda
The Congressional Budget Office is restricted from scoring additional tax enforcement as yielding stronger tax collection.
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How the Build Back Better Bill Fights the Rising Cost of Living
Today on TAP: Adding an anti-inflation pitch to the case for the BBB bill
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What’s Next for the Infrastructure Program
The battle shifts to implementation, where success will be won or lost.
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Manchin Could Score Carbon Capture Subsidies to Prop Up Coal
In September, Joe Manchin was told carbon capture would need heavy federal subsidies to keep coal running in West Virginia. Now, a supercharged tax credit is in Build Back Better.
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Manchin’s Cherry-Picking of Budget Estimates
He has deficit concerns with the Build Back Better Act. But the same analysts he cites think his bipartisan infrastructure bill is even worse for the deficit.
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Youngkin Owes Manchin His Thanks
Today on TAP: Low turnout among the young suggests they were disenchanted by the do-nothing congressional Democrats.
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Memo to Media: Stop Calling Manchin et al. ‘Moderates’
Today on TAP: Being more swayed by big-money contributions and an anti-mother bias are far better descriptors.
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What’s in the Build Back Better Framework
It has its selling points. But it doesn’t appear to meet the test of permanent, hassle-free, and meaningful.
