REPORT: Bill Gates Lobbied Manchin On Sweeping $386 Billion Climate Change Bill

According to Tuesday’s report,

Bill Gates has lobbied Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin for the Inflation Reduction Act ever since Joe Biden was elected president.

The Inflation Reduction Act, introduced by Democrats and signed into law by Biden on Tuesday, spends $386 billion on energy and climate initiatives, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Gates had been speaking with prominent senators, including Manchin, for years, “in anticipation of a rare moment in which heavy federal spending might be secured for the clean-energy transition,” Bloomberg reported. (RELATED: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Gets On Board For Democratic Spending Bill)

Manchin, who often breaks rank with his fellow Democrats on legislation, promised to support the bill after previously opposing high-spending legislation amid rising inflation. According to reports, Gates had been optimistic about Manchin’s support since their conversations on climate change.

“My dialogue with Joe has been going on for quite a while,” Gates told Bloomberg, referring to a 2019 Seattle dinner he had with individuals on the energy committee. Gates said that almost everyone from the energy committee visited him and spent several hours over dinner. Manchin was even present in Washington, D.C., at the time when the West Virginia senator announced his opposition. According to Bloomberg,

Gates described passing the legislation as one of the “happiest moments” in his climate work.

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. pic.twitter.com/puX4JZe66k

— Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) August 16, 2022

A Gates-funded battery maker startup that filed for bankruptcy in 2017, Aquion, would have benefited from energy-storage tax credits, Bloomberg reported. According to Bloomberg, Gates has invested millions in green cement startups like Ecocem or Brimstone.

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The bill, as per the Joint Committee on Taxation, would increase taxes on almost every income bracket. According to the University of Pennsylvania Penn Wharton Budget Model, the bill is unlikely to have a significant effect on inflation.

Gates and Manchin didn’t respond to Daily Caller’s request for comment.

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