Senator Joe Manchin, the architect of the Democrats’ new tax, climate and drugs bill, made a public pitch to his colleague Kyrsten Sinema to get on board with the legislation, arguing that it doesn’t raise taxes.
Sinema has not divulged her position on the bill and has the power to sink it.
Manchin made his pitch in a series of Sunday political talk show appearances where he defended the proposed Inflation Reduction Act as cutting price increases despite a study by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School showing it would have little impact or could increase inflation slightly in the near term.
