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A Slimmed-Down Biden Plan With Climate Focus Divides Progressives
- Some see Build Back Better Act with climate focus as betrayal
- Biden opened door to piecemeal approach that includes climate
The U.S. Capitol at sunrise in Washington, D.C.
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Progressives are divided over President Joe Biden’s willingness to break off $550 billion in climate spending from his moribund Build Back Better plan as separate legislation, despite the popularity of the provisions.
Biden cracked the door open to breaking up his signature spending bill as a means of overcoming objections to the broader measure from Democratic Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, pivotal votes in the evenly divided chamber.