President Biden said he will continue his own efforts to battle climate change and cut greenhouse gas emissions, a day after Sen.
Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., declared he won't support the reconciliation bill's climate provisions.
Manchin's statements could collapse months of negotiations in Washington over the huge policy package & ruin prospects of Congress adopting big climate change legislation this summer.
"If the Senate won't act to handle the climate catastrophe & strengthen our domestic clean energy economy, I will," Biden added.
The president did not name particular climate & clean energy initiatives, but said his actions will create employment, increase energy security, & strengthen local manufacturing & supply chains.
The chance to create jobs & develop a sustainable energy future is too vital, the president added.
Biden pushed Congress to pass other parts of the deal he supports.
Manchin, from coal-rich West Virginia, has resisted several Democratic climate change policies.
Due to the 50-50 Senate vote divide, Democrats cannot pass the domestic policy plan without Manchin's support.
The bill would allocate billions of dollars in incentives to cut emissions.