Sen. Joe Manchin III single-handedly controlled the fate of the Inflation Reduction Act, the giant budget-climate law Democrats rammed through Congress last year.
Despite the conservative West Virginia Democrat’s pivotal role, Mr. Manchin runs hot and cold on the law, some days threatening to repeal his signature accomplishment while other days singing its praises.
Mr. Manchin is emblematic of the complicated politics of the law, which President Biden insists is already paying dividends, though there’s little sense voters are giving Democrats much credit for it. There’s been a reluctance among Democrats — particularly those in swing states — who voted for the law to campaign on the IRA and “Bidenomics.”Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer this week prodded fellow Democrats to aggressively embrace the law on the campaign trail, urging them to be “persistent.” He told reporters that voters will eventually warm to the law.
Mr. Biden marked the first anniversary with a speech from the East Room of the White House, tying the IRA to his broader “Bidenomics” approach. The survey also found that 57% disapproved of Mr. Biden’s handling of climate change, which he now says was the central thrust of the legislation.Indeed, that was one of the criticisms the left had of the law, which they said fell far short of the stringent changes needed to head off a global climate catastrophe.
“Going forward, I will push back on those who seek to undermine this significant legislation for their respective political agenda, and that begins with my unrelenting fight against the Biden administration’s efforts to implement the IRA as a radical climate agenda instead of implementing the IRA that was passed into law,” he said.
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