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Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator who killed the Build Back Better Act because of his opposition to the cost of the spending package, argued the latest inflation report sent an ominous message to lawmakers.
“Inflation taxes are draining the hard-earned wages of every American, and it’s causing real and severe economic pain that can no longer be ignored,” Manchin said in a new statement.