One way or another, he's going to be forced to make a public commitment. In principle, there's nothing to his personal profit, or the coal industry's prospects, that requires revenue for deficit reduction, a $1.5 trillion topline target, or vehicle and fuel tax credits for hydrogen technology (). If Manchin really will accept the tax increases listed in the memo, he ought to be counted on to vote for some form of BBB. If Sinema really won't accept any such tax increases (nor Medicare price controls), nothing of BBB will ever pass.
We get to find out what the truth is, how exciting!
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