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Manchin reverses course, agrees to party-line spending deal on taxes, climate change

Sen. Joe Manchin III on Wednesday announced that he reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on a party-line bill to hike taxes and spend on climate change and health care programs.

The talks between the two Democrats were believed to have died earlier this month when Mr. Manchin said he would not support climate and energy provisions due to inflation concerns.

Details of the new deal remained slim. Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mr. Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, said the new package would “dedicate hundreds of billions of dollars to deficit reduction by adopting a tax policy that protects small businesses and working-class Americans while ensuring that large corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay.