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Source: The Hill
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is throwing a wrench into Democratic plans for major government spending to tackle climate change.
In TV interviews over the weekend, the senator said he wouldn't back the party's $3.5 trillion spending proposal, adding that he doesn't support a program that would pay power providers to make the shift toward clean energy.
The so-called clean electricity payment program, a central component of the party's climate agenda, could be in jeopardy unless Democrats find a way to sell it to the key swing vote senator.
Manchin argued in a CNN interview that paying for a transition to clean energy isn't necessary since cleaner sources already make up a growing share of the country's electricity consumption.
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