Democrats are hoping to pass the legislation by August, when many states set health care premiums
Democrats and environmental groups called on President Joe Biden to take steps on his own to reduce climate emissions after Senator Joe Manchin once again delayed action on legislation to do so.
But Manchin informed Schumer and his staff this week that he would only support legislation that lowered prescription drug pricing and would be unwilling to back legislation that included a tax hike and climate provisions, according to a Democrat briefed on the conversations.Manchin told a West Virginia radio station that he was still open to talks.
Without Manchin’s support, Democrats would be unable to advance the legislation in the Senate, which is divided 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats. Biden will now have to rely largely on executive actions to tackle climate change, such as issuing new Environmental Protection Agency rules on power-plant emissions and limiting oil and gas activity on public lands.Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse also said Biden could impose a carbon border tariff on imports from countries with relatively worse carbon emissions, require carbon capture from major emitters and impose stronger emissions controls on vehicles.
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