In blow to Biden, Joe Manchin will not commit to backing $1.75 trillion spending bill

[Celerity]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congress-november-agenda-not-faint-heart-2021-11-01/

November 1, 2021
8:32 PM CET

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's domestic agenda suffered a significant setback on Monday when moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced he would not yet support a $1.75 trillion framework unveiled late last week.

"While I’ve worked hard to find a path to compromise, it’s obvious: compromise is not good enough for a lot of my colleagues in Congress. It’s all or nothing, and their position doesn’t seem to change unless we agree to everything," Manchin told a news conference.

"Enough is enough. It’s time our elected leaders in Washington, all of us, stopped playing games with the needs of the American people in holding a critical infrastructure bill hostage.”

He portrayed the bill as being filled with "shell games" and "budget gimmicks" that would end up costing far more than its $1.75 trillion price tag.

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[doc03]

1. There is no Komprimat on that clown? Maybe

the Republicans have it?

[Celerity]

11. lots of shady dealing, but if Biden goes there, Manchin might flip to Senate to Moscow McTurtle

so that is a big no go

an example:

Joe Manchin’s ‘blind trust’ is an utter farce

Top ethics experts are ‘stunned’ by Joe Manchin’s conflict of interest

https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/joe-manchin-blind-trust-conflict-of-interest-coal-20211019.html

America has learned a lot in 2021 about West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and the things he doesn’t like, as he positions himself as “the decider” on what legislation can or can’t through the Congress. He’s not a big fan of what he calls “the entitlement society” — apparently any government action that benefits working folks instead of those who float on or near the senator’s luxury houseboat — or anyone bad-mouthing fossil fuels. But what the most conservative Democrat on Capitol Hill really hates is people asking him about his money.

In late September, Manchin snapped at a Bloomberg reporter, Ari Natter, who asked about the annual dividend checks the lawmaker still collects from a coal company now run by his son. “I’ve been in a blind trust for 20 years,” Manchin insisted. “I have no idea what they’re doing.” When Natter continued to press about the millions Manchin has received from Enersystems, Manchin angrily asked, “You got a problem?” and when Natter asked another question, “You’d do best to change the subject.”

Let’s not, shall we? In fact, let’s make Manchin and the conflict of interest that now threatens Planet Earth the main subject of today’s newsletter.

After all, it was less than three weeks later that word leaked on Capitol Hill that Manchin — knowing that President Biden’s ambitious climate agenda can’t pass the 50-50 Senate without his support — is successfully blocking the critical $150 billion component to help utilities replace dirty fossil fuels, including coal, with clean energy. Experts say that without the program, the lynchpin of the White House climate strategy, the United States won’t meet scientists’ timeline for reversing global warming.

Link to tweet

So, yeah, we do have a problem, Senator Manchin. And part of the problem is this: When the senator says that his not-insignificant fortune is in a “blind trust” — his robotic response, for more than a decade — he’s technically not lying. But Manchin’s wealth isn’t in a blind trust in the sense that most people would understand that term. The senator knows that coal dollars are floating his boat. Like much of what passes for ethics in Congress, the whole thing is a farce. As any hardened investigative reporter would tell you, the corruption of Joe Manchin is the worst kind — the legal kind.

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[Celerity]

15. I was going to add her in, but figured one thing was enough to make my point

[doc03]

17. I suppose I better delete that.

[Celerity]

18. you said nothing that was remotely untrue, nothing debateable in terms of facts

cheers

[montanacowboy]

2. When do they stop calling

this POS "moderate"? are you fucking kidding me?

This guy is a radically corporate owned shill, devoid of all human feelings and in some ways a lot like TFG, it's all about "ME"

[wellst0nev0ter]

9. The vast majority of the party is ready to pass both bills

Manchin is in no reasonable universe, a "moderate"

[lame54]

3. While Biden is out of the country on Election Eve

[mzmolly]

4. In a blow to Americans,

the headline should read.

[onecaliberal]

5. Just like the repuke he is. Moves the fucking goal posts every day but will NEVER

Vote for it.

[MFM008]

6. This man

And Sinema are no better than any trumphumping repuke.

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. But it's the squad's fault right?

[jalan48]

24. The Corporatist's are desperately trying to frame it this way.

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. ManChin should not be allowed to say "good faith."

[Lancero]

10. And his defenders rejoice, for we are blessed to have such a great man in office.

His defenders say we should be happy with whatever he lets us pass, but refuse to see the reality that he doesn't want anything to pass.

Meanwhile, lets keep on attacking Bernie Sanders for his work in defending President Bidens original vision for the bill.

[BlueLucy]

12. I say all or nothing!

Everyone needs to go to West Virginia and tell folks Manchin torpedoed everything.

[bluewater]

13. K&R

[Initech]

16. Fucking asshole.

[Bettie]

19. This is not even a little bit shocking to me

sadly enough.

[Celerity]

20. Same. I have been saying all along that the rest of the Party is crazy to trust Manchin and Sinema

They are bad faith actors. hell bent, apparently, on blocking and hurting us in 2022 and 2024.

Manchin just absolutely buried a late-game hatchet in McAuliffe's back and shit all over Biden whilst Biden is abroad at CRUCUAL climate change global meetings.

[Solly Mack]

23. What you said.

[Deminpenn]

21. Manchin just wants his precious bipartisan bill passed

AFAIK, the House plans to vote on both bills tomorrow.

Manchin negotiated the reconcilliation bill. Coons, who should know, has said both Manchin and Sinema support it.

Don't hang on every pronouncement when policiticans are trying to get their way.

[LuckyLib]

22. Manshoon, your 15 minutes of headline grabbing are over!

Get the hell out of the way

[Politicub]

25. He was always going to say this -- whether the house voted for infrastructure or not.

His game is so transparent. He whines about negotiating in good faith, when he planned to not vote for the social spending bill anyway.

Fuck hm. So sick of his shit.