House Democrats brush off Manchin

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Democratic negotiators in the House say they're on the brink of sealing a deal on President Biden's economic agenda despite Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) tossing a verbal hand grenade into the talks on Monday.

Democrats brushed aside concerns voiced by Manchin at a must-watch press conference that the $1.75 trillion package might exacerbate inflation, insisting the measure would improve the economy.

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"We intend to pass both bills through the House in the next couple of days," Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told CNN Monday not long after Manchin's press conference.

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"I believe that the president is speaking out of the experience that he has had of negotiating ... with these senators," she said. "So I trust the president; he's going to deliver 51 votes. And I think we just need to bring all the temperature down a little bit."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-democrats-brush-off-manchin/ar-AAQcA98

[W_HAMILTON]

1. I'm as Democratic as they come...

...and I'm usually against progressives that "hold the line" in negotiations such as these, but I honestly don't really trust Manchin or Sinema to vote with the rest of us Democrats once they get their infrastructure bill passed. I don't see any problem in holding up the infrastructure bill until the Senate passes whatever version of the Build Back Better reconciliation deal. If they want the infrastructure deal passed faster in the House, then Senate Democrats and Manchin/Sinema should get to work on writing up and passing the reconciliation bill. It's just that simple.

Having said that, while I do not trust Manchin or Sinema or trust them to do the right thing, I do trust Biden, so, I'm hoping that he will be able to win them over without having the cut anything else from the supposed agreed-to framework.

[calimary]

22. + another 1

[bluewater]

23. +1000

[lagomorph777]

24. Welcome to the Haunted Mansion Cinema

Where everything is an illusion, and we'll scare you silly.

[The Magistrate]

2. Make The Bastard Stand Up And Vote For Ruin, Sir

No vote in the House on this 'bi-partisan' nonesense till the real Democratic bill is passed in both chambers.

[FoxNewsSucks]

11. Hear Hear!!!

[Celerity]

27. +1

[JohnSJ]

3. I have to wonder how much of this is the press trying to play us against each other, and it sounds

like the House and House progressives aren’t taking the bait

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Good for them

I'm still cautiously optimistic we'll get something done.

[Beachnutt]

5. Maybe President Biden has a couple

of rethug senators in his pocket...

[MyOwnPeace]

9. If he does.....

I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw a potato chip when it came time for the actual 'vote' - Moscow Mitch and 'Merde-a-Lago' will have their eyes on them.....

[AZ8theist]

29. Its Merde-a-LARDO

Fixed it for ya

[FakeNoose]

18. There are 5 Repuke Senators that aren't running - they're done in 2022

Toomey - PA
Johnson - WI
Burr - NC
Portman - OH
Blunt - MO

These people have no fucks left to give. No irons in the fire.
Wouldn't it be great if they gave Chump the finger on their way out the door?

Come on guys ... How about earning your pay for once?

[lagomorph777]

25. Hee hee!

You're funny.

[spanone]

6. What kind of damn game is this guy playing?

CNN



https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/01/politics/joe-manchin-biden-agenda/index.html

[mucifer]

8. $$$$$$$

[FBaggins]

7. That's "brushing off" Manchin?

For weeks they refused to vote on BIF until he committed to a particular version of BBB and (on multiple occasions) refused to hold a vote even when the President and The Speaker insisted on it.

Then mere minutes after Manchin makes his position painfully clear that their strategy will not work - they change course and agree to hold the vote without any commitment from him…

… and that’s them brushing him off?

[UTUSN]

10. K&R

[WarGamer]

12. Legislative Masturbation.

The act of writing, voting and passing laws with no suitable partner in the upper Chamber or White House.

ALL DEMS need to come TOGETHER to get AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE that 100% of DEMS can agree on.

[jcmaine72]

13. You mean, brushed off like so much lint or dander?

I wonder what could have brought that on?

[Aviation Pro]

14. Here's what I'd like to know

How does a shitheel from West Virginny, who received 290,000 votes in 2018, hold hostage 330,000,000 Americans?

Fuck him and the horseboat he rode in on.

[FBaggins]

15. Simple - He can't

But 51 senators can stop anything.

[Deminpenn]

21. Just remember, Jayapal knows a lot more about what's happening

than the media and its reporters.

[calimary]

26. Well, SOMEBODY certainly needs to!

[ColinC]

28. Well we will see what happens!

[tirebiter]

30. The biggest lesson is we could have had

The first BBB 6 months ago or at least when Biden and Pelosi suggested it last week before COP 26.