The House, where Democrats have a slender majority, could give it final approval next Friday when lawmakers plan to return to Washington.
— Schumer pieced together a package that would give the party an achievement against the backdrop of this fall’s congressional elections.
Assuming Democrats fight off a nonstop “vote-a-rama” of amendments — many designed by Republicans to derail the measure — they should be able to muscle the measure through the Senate. The bill offers spending and tax incentives favored by progressives for buying electric vehicles and making buildings more energy efficient. But in a bow to Manchin, whose state is a leading fossil fuel producer, there is also money to reduce coal plant carbon emissions and language requiring the government to open more federal land and waters to oil drilling.
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