Between the Supreme Courts W. Virginia v. EPA decision last month and Manchin’s announcement yesterday, Democrats are demanding to see the manager.

As covered in NBC News

In a radio interview Friday with WV MetroNews, Manchin confirmed that he told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Thursday he was ready to vote to empower Medicare to negotiate drug prices and extend funding under the Affordable Care Act. But he said he wanted to hold off on clean energy funding and other provisions in the Biden agenda bill until at least mid-August, citing inflation concerns.

“I said, ‘Chuck, it’s wrong, it’s not prudent to do the other [items] right now,’” Manchin said, adding that if inflation comes down, “we can come back the first of September and pass this piece of legislation, if it’s a good piece of legislation.”

Democrat politicians were not happy.

“I don’t want to spend one more minute thinking about what Joe Manchin will or won’t do,” said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, chair of the Democrats’ House campaign arm.

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WASHINGTON — Democrats are sounding dire warnings after Sen. Joe Manchin tanked their hopes of acting on climate change.

“We’re all going to die,” House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., told reporters when asked about the consequences of Congress failing to act.

Yarmuth’s remarks on Friday captured the cocktail of anger, frustration, resentment and powerlessness that many Democrats felt after Manchin, D-W.Va., took a one-man wrecking ball to what’s left of President Joe Biden’s agenda, dealing a heavy blow to their big policy ambitions and further complicating a tough midterm election landscape for the party.

We have an opportunity to address the climate crisis right now. Senator Manchin’s refusal to act is infuriating. It makes me question why he’s Chair of ENR.

— Martin Heinrich (@MartinHeinrich) July 15, 2022

via Watts Up With That?

July 16, 2022

Democrats Vent their Fury as Joe Manchin Shelves Action on Climate Change