Democrats plot next steps after Sen. Manchin knifes President Biden's Build Back Better Act.
Other Biden priorities, like voting rights legislation, have even slimmer chances of passage, and Democrats are trying to stuff as many economic priorities into this bill because they have a once-per-fiscal-year opportunity to bypass the filibuster for budgetary measures.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a moderate who worked with Manchin to craft the bipartisan infrastructure law,"I am hopeful that we can find common ground to help lower prescription drug costs, cut taxes for middle class families with SALT, invest in pre-k for children, and accomplish other commonsense priorities," he said.Manchin said Sunday that the government should focus on mitigating inflation and tackling the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
That would be a departure from the existing Build Back Better Act, which includes a broad range of programs, some of which expire after a few years. That was done to lower the sticker price as demanded by Manchin and centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. Numerous Democrats emphasized that the U.S. could squander its last, best hope to tackle climate change without provisions in the Build Back Better legislation. The House-passed bill includes a $555 billion investment.
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Joe Manchin says he won't support Biden's Build Back Better legislation'I've tried everything humanly possible. I can't get there,' the West Virginia senator said.
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