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The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman in New York

Anger as Manchin kills Democrats’ climate plans – what happens now?

Joe Manchin on Thursday. The West Virginia senator said he might change his mind if next month’s inflation figures are better.
Joe Manchin on Thursday. The West Virginia senator said he might change his mind if next month’s inflation figures are better. Photograph: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator who has made millions of dollars through his founding of a coal-trading company in his home state of West Virginia, has seemingly sunk fellow Democrat and US president Joe Biden’s hopes of passing a major bill to combat the climate crisis.

What happened?

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