Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia called on the Biden administration Tuesday to curb inflation by boosting domestic energy production and for the Federal Reserve to take action after data showed price hikes hit a new four-decade high in March.The centrist senator effectively killed President Biden’s more than $2 trillion social and environmental spending bill in December and continues to stand in the way of a pared back version of the plan, citing inflation.“It is a disservice to the American people to act as if inflation is a new phenomenon,” Manchin said in a statement, making a veiled swipe at the White House calling inflation a “Putin price hike” caused by the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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