Sen. Pat Toomey on Sunday criticized Democrats’ plan to force a tax and spending bill through Congress along party lines and contended that Sen. Joe Manchin III was duped by his own party.
The Pennsylvania Republican argued that Democratic leaders’ promises for reforms long sought by the oil and natural gas industry in order to secure Mr. Manchin’s support won’t come to fruition.
“All of this spending is unnecessary; it’s going to exacerbate inflation. It is not going to reduce the deficit. What did Senator Manchin get for this?” Mr. Toomey told CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “I like Joe very much, but I think he got taken to the cleaners.