By Brad Reed The consensus around Washington D.C. is that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) got badly outplayed by Democrats this week after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced a budget reconciliation deal with his fellow Democrats. Essentially, McConnell warned Democrats that they would have to scrap plans for including climate investments in their budget reconciliation package or he would block the passage of the CHIPs act that was designed to bolster American manufacturing of semiconductors to reduce dependence on China. McConnell let the CHIPs bill pass this week, and just hours later Manchin and …
