Manchin Threatens to Sue Biden Admin If It Alters Electric Vehicle Credit System

Manchin Threatens to Sue Biden Admin If It Alters Electric Vehicle Credit System
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 4, 2022. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
Ryan Morgan
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is threatening to sue President Joe Biden’s administration if the Treasury Department moves to expand the electric vehicle tax credit system beyond the limits he agreed to when he agreed to support Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) legislation last year.

On Wednesday, Manchin published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, asserting that while he and Biden agreed to certain objectives when he agreed to vote for the IRA, executive branch officials are now working to redefine legal terms to favor renewable energy systems while ignoring provisions of the law meant to expand fossil fuel production.