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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jan 6, 2022, 02:16 PM Jan 2022

Climate advocates hopeful after Manchin spending comments

Climate advocates are feeling optimistic after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) expressed openness to climate provisions in the Democrats' proposed social and climate spending bill amid his disagreement with other pieces of the legislation.

They say that they anticipate many climate measures getting across the finish line - even if Manchin didn't specify a vehicle to get them here.

On Tuesday, Manchin held firm on prior skepticism of the Build Back Better Act, a centerpiece of President Biden's legislative agenda, but said that climate is an area "that we probably can come to an agreement much easier than anything else."

He touted "a lot of good things in there," specifically mentioning clean energy tax credits, but also cautioned that Democrats should be "realistic."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/climate-advocates-hopeful-after-manchin-spending-comments/ar-AASuBl9

I'll believe it when I see it.

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