{"id":1611262,"date":"2022-08-17T17:26:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611262"},"modified":"2022-08-17T17:26:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:26:31","slug":"report-bill-gates-lobbied-manchin-on-sweeping-386-billion-climate-change-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bill-gates-lobbied-manchin-on-sweeping-386-billion-climate-change-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Bill Gates Lobbied Manchin On Sweeping $386 Billion Climate Change Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-bill-gates-lobbied-manchin-on-sweeping-386-billion-climate-change-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611262&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1407354198-scaled-e1660763311941.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Bill Gates lobbied Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin on the Inflation Reduction Act since before Joe Biden became president, according to a report Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Inflation Reduction Act, introduced by Democrats and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/16\/joe-biden-signs-inflation-reduction-act-law-slams-republicans\/\">signed into law<\/a> by Biden on Tuesday, spends $386 billion on energy and climate initiatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/whats-inflation-reduction-act\">according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget<\/a>. Gates had been speaking with prominent senators, including Manchin, for years, \u201cin anticipation of a rare moment in which heavy federal spending might be secured for the clean-energy transition,\u201d Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/zUYAq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/05\/kyrsten-sinema-democrats-carried-interest-inflation-reduction-act-agreement\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Gets On Board For Democratic Spending Bill)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manchin, who often breaks rank with his fellow Democrats on legislation, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/28\/joe-manchin-defends-new-reconciliation-package\/\">promised<\/a> to support the bill after previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/21\/manchin-reconciliation-avoid-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opposing<\/a>\u00a0high-spending legislation amid <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/10\/biden-falsely-claims-inflation-disappeared-in-july\/\">rising inflation<\/a>. Gates was reportedly optimistic about getting Manchin\u2019s support all along, thanks to their discussions on climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dialogue with Joe has been going on for quite a while,\u201d Gates told Bloomberg, referring to a 2019 Seattle dinner he had with individuals on the energy committee. \u201cAlmost everyone on the energy committee came over and spent a few hours with me over dinner.\u201d Gates even had lunch with Manchin in Washington, D.C., when the West Virginia senator first announced his opposition to the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Gates described the passing of the legislation as \u201cone of the happier moments\u201d of his \u201cclimate work,\u201d according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">so the guy buying up american farmland helped save this monstrosity to secure green energy handouts, middle class tax hikes, and a new IRS army. normal country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/puX4JZe66k\">pic.twitter.com\/puX4JZe66k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loganclarkhall\/status\/1559642326812721155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Gates-funded battery maker startup that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/another-taxpayer-funded-energy-company-files-for-bankruptcy\">filed for bankruptcy in 2017<\/a>, Aquion, would have benefited from energy-storage tax credits, Bloomberg reported. Gates has poured millions into green cement startups such as Ecocem and Brimstone, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would raise taxes on nearly every income bracket, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/01\/inflation-reduction-act-costing-americans-new-taxes\/\">according to the Joint Committee on Taxation<\/a>. An <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/29\/inflation-reduction-schumer-manchin-wharton\/\">analysis<\/a> by the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Penn Wharton Budget Model argued that the bill will have no significant impact on inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Gates and Manchin did not respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Gates lobbied Democratic West Virginia Sen. 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