Here’s the scoop:
A few months ago Joe Manchin brokered a secret deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. He would finally back Biden’s climate bill in the Inflation Reduction Act – IF and only if he could attach a big giveaway to his fossil fuel donors in the next must-pass budget bill.
Disguised as “permitting reform,” Manchin’s dirty deal was really a scheme to make it easier for fossil fuel companies to skirt environmental regulations and expand drilling.
There are a hundred reasons this dirty deal had to be stopped, not the least of which was the fact Joe Manchin potentially stood to personally profit from some of the provisions due to his extensive fossil fuel investments.
But the biggest reason we had to stop this backroom deal is because it threatened to directly undermine the climate legislation we just passed a few months ago.
Progressives in Congress – including BNC representatives – rallied hard to stop this deal. And we won! Joe Manchin agreed to drop his bill from the budget vote last week.
This is fantastic news, and we are definitely celebrating. But we’re not done fighting. Manchin will keep trying to pass this bill loaded with giveaways for his Big Oil buddies.
That’s why we have to grow the ranks of unbought, unbossed, bold progressive fighters in Congress – especially in the U.S. Senate.
If Charles Booker and John Fetterman each succeed in flipping their Senate seats, progressives will control the Senate swing vote, and we can put Joe Manchin on the sidelines forever.
Will you pitch in $50, $100, or any amount now to elect a Brand New Senate?
