Joe Manchin's advice to Democrats after he sunk President Biden's spending bill: Redo the whole thing, and maybe I'll vote for it
Joe Manchin has some advice for fellow Democrats: rebuild Build Back Better and you might still get my vote.
He added: “Well, guess what? I'm from West Virginia. I'm not from where they're from, [where] they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they’ll be submissive.” Manchin’s comments on Monday put him directly at odds with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is mulling other tactics. Schumer sent a letter to members Monday morning saying he’ll put the $1.7 trillion education, child care, climate and tax reform bill to a floor vote, "so that every member of this body has the opportunity to make their position known on the Senate floor, not just on television."after Manchin announced he could not support the legislation.
With Build Back Better stalled out, the Washington Democrat said she wanted the Biden administration to instead take executive action on climate change, among other issues. “I just got to the wit’s end. And they know the real reason what happened. They won’t tell you, and I’m not going to tell you,” Manchin said. “It’s not the president, it’s the staff. They drove some things and they put some things out that were absolutely inexcusable."that he opposed including the expanded child tax credit in the legislation. Manchin later clarified he didn’t want the bill to end the program after one year if the rest of his party was banking on it becoming permanent.
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