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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsManchin Agrees to Bigger Reconciliation Bill
After months of strenuously stating he wouldnt budge from a $1.5 trillion maximum price tag for Democrats climate and safety net plan, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) acknowledged he had, in fact, agreed to a $1.75 trillion figure during an appearance on MSNBC, Politico report.
https://politicalwire.com/2021/11/04/manchin-agrees-to-bigger-reconciliation-bill/
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Next repetitive look-at-me step is already in the can. Just me being cynical. Or realistic.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Autumn
(45,107 posts)Celerity
(43,415 posts)also he is so not on board anyway, with the actual proposals, even if he says that 1.75 trillion is ok for a topline atm
spanone
(135,844 posts)can't slow it down from nothing, joe
tons of BS
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)kpete
(71,996 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Finally one of the holdouts seems to have joined the fold. Now its up to Sinema and I heard somewhere she may have given up the ghost.
Maybe this is it, and in the words of Picard well make it so.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Celerity
(43,415 posts)10 days ago
10 days ago
Joe Manchin agreeable to wealth tax for Joe Biden plan
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/467402-joe-manchin-agreeable-to-wealth-tax-for-joe-biden-plan/
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)4 trillion infrastructure bill in public. What happened to that,manchin.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/joe-manchin-wanted-4-trillion-dollar-infrastructure-spending-eight-months-ago-senate-1634133%3famp=1