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Manchin pushes Democrats to water down climate change provisions in Biden’s social welfare bill

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after a lengthy meeting as the Senate grapples with raising the debt limit, funding the government, and negotiating President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for the White House’s agenda, is pushing Democrats to modify climate change provisions in President Biden’s mammoth social welfare bill.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks on a phone on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Oct. 30, 2020. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has issued almost three dozen subpoenas as it aggressively seeks information about the origins of the attack and what former President Donald Trump did or didn't do to stop it. The panel is exploring several paths simultaneously. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks about educational freedom at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Va., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Mike Pence urges Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade

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Syringes of Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine sit on a table at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill East Norwegian Street in Pottsville, Pa., on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP)

Moderna CEO predicts drop in vaccines’ power due to omicron variant

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Josh Hancock of Santa's Trees hauls a fresh-cut North Carolina Frasier fir for a customer at the Christmas tree lot in Winter Park, Fla., Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Longtime owner Warren Brown says they will likely run out of their supply by this coming weekend because of a national shortage. Santa's Trees has been in Central Florida since 1974. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

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Author Alice Sebold speaks at the Sunday Book and Author Breakfast at BookExpo America in New York on June 3, 2007. Sebold apologized Tuesday to Anthony Broadwater, 61, the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir &quot;Lucky.&quot; She said she was struggling with the role she unwittingly played &quot;within a system that sent an innocent man to jail.&quot; (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)

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In this Aug. 13, 2020 file photo, the logos for Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus and Sling TV are pictured on a remote control in Portland, Ore. The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday that the 16th season of Fox’s animated sitcom now jumps from episode 11 to 13 for viewers of the Disney+ streaming service in Hong Kong. Episode 12 depicts the Simpsons family journeying to China, where they encounter in Tiananmen Square a sign that reads: “On this site, in 1989, nothing happened.” (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

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Salvation Army National Commander Commissioner Kenneth Hodder, in face mask, stands at one of the group's Red Kettle Campaign outposts to kick off the 2021 effort. (Photo courtesy of The Salvation Army)

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In this April 26, 2018, file photo, actor and comedian Bill Cosby departs the courthouse after he was found guilty in his sexual assault retrial, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Lilli Bernard, a prominent Cosby accuser filed suit Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, against the actor over a 1990 hotel room encounter in Atlantic City, N.J. Bernard's lawsuit comes just before the state's two-year window to file older sexual assault claims expires Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

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A man browses largely empty shelves for cat food at Pet Club on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Emeryville, Calif. According to store employees, supply chain issues are preventing the store from keeping products stocked. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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A health care worker prays outside Saint Francis Hospital, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Hartford, Conn. A federal judge in Missouri on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers in 10 states. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Judge halts Biden admin COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers

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Gingerbread houses sit in the East Room of the White House during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Ohio National Guard's Pfc. Trey Risner, assigned to Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, prepares to operate the Avenger Air Defense System during exercise Forager 21 on July 30, 2021, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands. The Avenger is a self-propelled surface-to-air missile system which provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units. Exercise Forager 21 exercises our ability to conduct strategic deployment and Joint operational maneuver of forces into and across the Indo-Pacific theater. (Photo by Army Spc. Olivia Lauer) **FILE**

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In this Dec. 31, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. In a statement released on Nov. 30, 2021, Mr. Trump called on Senate Republicans to oppose raising the federal debt ceiling. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

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In this April 21, 2021, file photo, Lina Khan, speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Biden administration probe of supply chain woes slammed as ‘demagoguery’

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Voters wait in line outside a polling center on Election Day, in Kenosha, Wis. in this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo. Wisconsin Republicans are working to discredit the bipartisan system they created to run elections in the state after President Joe Biden narrowly won last year's presidential race, making the political battleground state the latest front in the national push by the GOP to exert more control over elections. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

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A man browses largely empty shelves for cat food at Pet Club on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Emeryville, Calif. According to store employees, supply chain issues are preventing the store from keeping products stocked. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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The southern-most corner of Stonestown Galleria including the Target Store is shown on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in San Francisco. A woman was arrested at the Target store after allegedly stealing more than $40,000 worth of merchandise over the course of 120 visits to the store, officials said Wednesday, Nov. 17. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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In this July 17, 2019 file photo, Emma Coronel Aispuro, center, wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, arrives for his sentencing at Brooklyn federal court, in New York. Emma Coronel Aispuro is expected to plead guilty to federal criminal charges after she had been charged in the U.S. with helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. She is due in court Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Washington for a plea agreement hearing, according to court records. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) **FILE**

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Marcus Lamb, 64, founder of evangelical Christian satellite network Daystar Television, which also owns and operates 70 U.S. broadcast stations, died Tuesday (Nov. 30), reportedly of complications from COVID-19. (Photo: Lee University)

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Parents walk away with their kids from the Meijer's parking lot in Oxford where many students gathered following an active shooter situation at Oxford High School, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in Oxford, Mich. Police took a suspected shooter into custody and there were multiple victims, the Oakland County Sheriff's office said. (Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press via AP)

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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool (11) looks on before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Emilee Chinn)

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