Washington (AP) — Senator Joe Manchin, one of the Democratic Party’s most conservative and opposition members, hopes the president will seek a second term in 2024 and the Democratic Party will retain control of Congress. If he refused to say whether he was there, he refused to support Joe Biden on Sunday. After the November election.
Senator West Virginia also expressed hope in a round of five news programs to support the Democratic package of climate, health and tax initiatives negotiated by Senator Kyrsten Sinecine, Arizona. She joined Manchin last year, forcing a reduction and change in a larger version of the plan. Overcoming the unanimous Republican opposition expected in this expected vote requires support from all Democrats in the 50-50 Senate and a tie-breaking vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. week. Cinema refused to convey her position to the press.
“I think she likes it,” he said.
But beyond that, Manchin accused him of being forced to support his party or its presidential candidate in the next election.
“I’m not in 2022 or 2024,” he said, adding that “anyone of my presidents is my president.”
Manchin said parliamentary rule was determined not by his own tastes, but by the choice of voters in individual states. People are “sick and tired of politics,” he said, and hopes that their representative in Washington will prioritize the country over the party.
Senators are facing re-election in 2024 in a state where Donald Trump has won all counties in the last two presidential elections, winning more than two-thirds of West Virginia voters. But in moving away from his fellow Democrats, Manchin also sought to condemn the rise of the faction, suggesting that America’s path of progress would need to go beyond traditional partisan politics.
His national television interview culminated in a hot week, with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. The compromise has revived the White House’s priority package for climate, health care, taxes and deficit reduction. Manchin shattered his grand plan last December, previously lowering expectations of reaching a substantive agreement.
He and Cinema were previously in line with a Democratic senator’s opposition plan to spend $ 3.5 trillion on climate and social justice bills. However, Cinema was cut off from recent debates about the bill, narrowing the loophole in the so-called carry interest and generating $ 14 billion out of the proposed $ 739 billion in new revenue. Cinema was previously opposed to doing so.
Manchin said on Sunday that he did not explain the negotiations to anyone else at Cinema or Democratic Caucus because of the risk of failure in the debate. Manchin admitted that he hadn’t tried to talk to Cinema since he announced the deal, and said there were many reasons to “be positive about it.”
He said the plan, the Inflation Reduction Act, would help manufacturing jobs, reduce deficits by $ 300 billion, lower prescription drug prices and accelerate the energy production licensing process.
“There are so many ways in the law that are designed to reduce Medicare, allowing Medicare to go ahead and negotiate drug price cuts,” said Cinema.
He defended the 15% minimum tax on companies that make more than $ 1 billion as closing “loopholes” rather than a complete tax increase.
“I agree with her 100 percent. We’re not going to raise taxes, and we won’t,” he said.
Schumer wants to pass the Senate this week, but the timeline will be “difficult” as Congressmen from the Chamber of Commerce take time to ensure that the bill complies with Senate rules. Admitted.
In the house, Democrats have a 220-211 edge, with four vacancies, and little room for passing errors.
“Not only is the president involved to some extent, but he has also given approval and will never submit a bill of this size and size without knowing what is happening,” Manchin said. , Praised Biden. However, in midterm elections, voters often reject the party hosting the White House, and this year Biden’s unpopularity and rising inflation are causing strong headwinds for the Democratic Party.
Manchin accused the Democrats when asked if they wanted to maintain a majority in parliament.
“I think people are tired of politics and tired of it. I really do. Democrats and Republicans fight or fight hostages on the bill because they didn’t get what they wanted. I think I’m tired of holding it, “he added. “
Manchin starred in NBC’s “Meet the Press,” CNN’s “State of the Union,” ABC’s “This Week,” “Fox News Sunday,” and CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Associated Press writer Josh Boak contributed to this report.
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