Hours after Biden laid out what he hopes to salvage from Democrats’ defunct “Build Back Better” social spending plan, Joe Manchin is quickly assembling his counteroffer
Hours after President Joe Biden laid out what he hopes to salvage from Democrats’ defunct “Build Back Better”In a Wednesday afternoon interview, the West Virginia centrist laid out a basic party-line package that could win his vote, lower the deficit and enact some new programs, provided they are permanently funded.
“You want to be able to defend your people, have reliable, dependable and affordable power? You have to use ‘all of the above,’” Manchin said, defending his support for clean energy investments. “They say ‘Manchin doesn’t care … he’s killing the environment.’ I’m not killing anything.” “I would hope he would reconsiders, and realize how many people are being left behind,” Lee said. “We’ve got to keep going and try to get everything that we can get.”
“I’ve basically said as far as I’m concerned, this is going to be like found money if we come up with anything,” said Senate Majority Whip. “I don’t assume anything with a reconciliation bill. [Expectations are] as low as they go.
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