Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Wednesday announced he will vote against Daniel Werfel, President Biden’s choice to head the Internal Revenue Service, because he is unhappy with how the Biden administration is implementing the Inflation Reduction Act, which provided nearly $80 billion in new funding for the tax enforcement agency.  

Manchin is fuming mad over the administration’s implementation of the generous electric vehicle tax credits that were also included in the sweeping climate and tax reform bill passed last year.  

“At every turn, this administration has ignored congressional intent when implementing the Inflation Reduction Act,” he said in statement, criticizing the administration’s decision to delay guidelines about who receives the EV tax credits. 

“While Daniel Werfel is supremely qualified to serve as the IRS Commissioner, I have zero faith he will be given the autonomy to perform the job in accordance with the law and for that reason, I cannot support his nomination,” he said.  

The Senate is scheduled to vote on Werfel’s nomination late Wednesday afternoon and Democrats say he has enough support to win confirmation.  

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said at a Finance Committee meeting last week that he will support Werfel’s nomination, and committee Democrats say Werfels has the support of Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.) and Todd Young (Ind.).  

The Senate will vote on Werfel sometime after 5:15 p.m. Wednesday.  

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said he doesn’t know of any other Democrats who will vote against the IRS nominee.