Manchin Opposes Key Aspect Of Infrastructure Bill

The Week reports:

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), a moderate Democrat who more or less serves as the 50-50 upper chamber’s swing vote these days, gave President Biden’s infrastructure proposal — as it’s currently written — a thumbs down on Monday.

In a radio interview with West Virginia’s MetroNews, Manchin said raising the corporate tax rate to 28 percent, as envisioned in the plan, is just too high, though he did say he could get behind a hike to 25 percent.

The senator claimed he wasn’t alone, either. “There’s six or seven other Democrats who feel very strongly about this,” he said. “We have to be competitive, and we’re not going to throw caution to the wind.”

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Joe Manchin (https://t.co/tUNBAayRBQ.) says he won’t support increasing the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, as proposed in Biden’s infrastructure bill. https://t.co/JBuP0W1Yzq

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