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Washington bureaucracy could rescue Democrats from their EV tax credit problem
8 days ago | By Politico
Hand-wringing that Democrats' signature electric vehicle tax credit's battery and minerals sourcing requirements are too tough to use ignores a political reality: Washington knows how to get around its own rules.
To get a deal on the reconciliation bill that contains the credits, lawmakers had to agree that electric vehicles should be made with North American parts and minerals, even though it would rely on a U.S. supply chain that is in its infancy. Those rules allow lawmakers - including Sen. Joe Manchin , who insisted on the restrictions - to ride a tough-on-China message into the...
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