The West Virginia senator has reportedly rejected his own $1.8 trillion counteroffer to Biden's Build Back Better Act.
Rep. Ilhan Omar , one of the six progressives to oppose the decoupling, warned at the time that “passing the infrastructure bill without passing the Build Back Better Act first risks leaving behind child care, paid leave, healthcare, climate action, housing, education, and a roadmap to citizenship.”Saturday that “the Squad was right to not trust Joe Manchin.”
Manchin — who, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema , has long held up a vote on the Build Back Better Act in the upper chamber — Tuesday that he is not currently talking with the White House about the package, telling reporters that “there is no negotiation going on at this time.”’s Jeff Stein revealed that “privately, he has also made clear that he is not interested in approving legislation resembling Biden’s Build Back Better package and that Democrats should fundamentally rethink their approach.”
“Senior Democrats say they do not believe Manchin would support his offer even if the White House tried adopting it in full — at least not at the moment — following the fallout in mid-December,” Stein continued, referencing a pair of White House statements that called out the senator by name and aIn response to Stein’s revelation that Manchin’s offer “may no longer be on the table,” Jake Sherman of“As of now, I have no reporting that Manchin will get back up to [$1.8 trillion].
. “Now, could something happen? Sure. Could it happen at [$1.8 trillion]? Maybe. Is that likely today? It doesn’t seem so.”
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