Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Thursday he remains uncommitted to the Democrats’ multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill, citing climate change carveouts in the package.
Manchin said he is not yet committed to the Democrat reconciliation bill, even though Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-WV) set a Wednesday deadline to get his razor-thin majority on board.
“I haven’t made any commitment at all,” Manchin told CNN. “We’re evaluating at this point.”
The West Virginia Democrat also expressed concern about the Democrat infrastructure bill’s move to reduce carbon emissions across the country.
“The timing of what they’re proposing would make it almost impossible … unless you just eliminate a lot of things,” he explained.
Manchin, who represents a coal-producing state, also reiterated his concerns about the timeline laid out by Democrats to reduce carbon emissions in the economy.
“The timing of what they’re proposing would make it almost impossible … unless you just eliminate a lot of things.”
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Democrats reportedly want to include a Clean Energy Standard (CES) in the reconciliation bill that would help meet President Joe Biden’s goal for 100 percent carbon-free power by 2035.
Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) wrote the CES that they intend to include in the reconciliation bill.
“Getting it included in the budget package sends a strong signal we are committed to tackling climate change,” the Minnesota Democrat said. “I will continue to work hard on getting a CES done because we cannot squander this moment. We can either lead or follow when it comes to the clean energy transition, and I want us to lead.”
This is not the first time that Manchin has voiced concern about the infrastructure project.
Manchin told the Hill last week that he remains wary of the high spending levels in the Democrat bill.
“I’m concerned about inflation; I’m concerned about a competitive tax code; I’m concerned about environmental standards that basically leave people behind in all these things,” he said.
“I want it to proceed,” Manchin added. “I want to sit down and be part of that, sure. And figure if we run into a roadblock, we’ll run into one later. But you don’t start out that way.”
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Hang in there Joe. The very idea of carbon free power is preposterous. Wind and solar are not available 24/7 and the left and the media have so demonized atomic power that people are afraid of it.
There needs to be a national vote before any more money is spent on climate change.
The demonization of carbon dioxide, electric cars and electric heating do not hold up under close examination.
If there are ANY electrical power transmission losses the car with its own internal combustion engine will create less carbon dioxide that the electric vehicle.
It does not make sense to generate electricity at 45 % efficiency and then convert it back into heat when you can have a furnace that converts the fuel directly into usable heat at 80% efficiency. Big mistake.
William Harris
Mentor, OH
Most of those Democrats base everything on Politics not science why else are they going on about this Global Warming/Climate Change Scam
China Joe Biden says he wants a fossil free America by 2035. I would like $5million in my paycheck too. The odds of either happening are the same, 0%. Just replacing gasoline for cars with electric ones will not be possible until sometime around 2060. Joe, joined by John Kerry and AOC, are SO demented that they may actually believe what they are saying, but there is no physical way it can be done. Replacing 400 million gallons of gasoline is going to take almost as much electric power as the US is currently using, while still using gasoline to power our cars