WASHINGTON—Democrats hoping to resurrect the party’s economic agenda are facing a problem: Sen. Joe Manchin’s goal for raising tax rates clashes with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s opposition to doing so.
In a 50-50 Senate with Republicans unanimously opposed to the effort, the party will have to try to reconcile the pair’s divergent positions to earn both their votes for a scaled-down version of President Biden’s economic agenda ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
