Democratic Senator of West Virginia, Joe Manchin, who holds a decisive vote in a divided Senate, opposes a proposed additional tax credit for electric vehicles made by unionized workers, describing the proposal as “non American” and “wrong.” Senator Manchin has been a holdout for weeks to any radical provisions in the Build Back Better bill that would penalize the coal, oil, or gas industry. President Joe Biden’s spending plan was thrown into doubt last month after Senator Manchin opposed the clean electricity part of the program and the penalization of coal-powered electricity generation. The Biden Administration has been pushing for legislation on clean energy goals to be included in the spending bill. But Senator Manchin of the coal state West Virginia has opposed the versions the Democrats have proposed. Senator Manchin’s vote in favor of the plan put forward by Democrats is crucial for passing the bill in a […]