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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Manchin signals he may not back Biden's social spending plan until 2022, risking an abrupt
cutoff for monthly child tax credit checksSenate Democrats are wishing for a holiday gift in the form of approving President Joe Biden's $2 trillion domestic spending package by Christmas. But Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia seems readier to hand his own party a thick lump of coal instead.
The West Virginia Democrat is reportedly expressing skepticism to his Senate colleagues about whether they'll be able to approve pass the Build Back Better legislation this year, CNN reported. It's significant given that all 50 Senate Democrats must band together to clear the bill in the evenly divided Senate over what's likely to be unanimous GOP opposition.
He's not committing to the legislation, suggesting more work needs to be done to iron out the finer details. "I wouldn't have any idea how I'm going to vote until I walk in," Manchin told CNN's Manu Raju departing the Capitol.
Manchin's reluctance to back the bill could capsize the swift timetable that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York originally envisioned to wrap everything up and deliver Biden a major win going into 2022, a crucial midterm election year. Depending on how long Manchin drags his feet, passage of the bill may slip into next year a possibility raised on Tuesday by Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, chair of the House Ways and Means panel.
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NJCher
(35,747 posts)You'd never know it by this. He's alive, well, and kickin'.
JohnSJ
(92,422 posts)things out between themselves, just maybe something could get done.
Nixie
(16,985 posts)opposing and fighting with the Bernie progressives, so quit giving him that pass. Obviously where hes from, that is a plus for him so he keeps doing it.
Just talk in private at this point and not argue with Bernie publicly. There are plenty of examples of him bucking Bernie, so we need a different approach and different players.
Initech
(100,104 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,443 posts)Klaralven
(7,510 posts)msongs
(67,453 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,658 posts)Itd be a shame if Manchins donors stocks dropped by 50+% as the world economy crashes.
Yes, I know it would hurt millions, but its the only certain way to inflict pain on those who are obstructing Bidens agenda.
The only way to stop this strategy would be for Republicans to support lifting the ceiling, or kill the filibuster, or both.
Demsrule86
(68,696 posts)JohnSJ
(92,422 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,658 posts)Brinkmanship in the form of Mutually Assured Destruction (which, insane as it was, actually worked as a deterrent in the Cold War) may be the only option left.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)Time to slap Manchinema where it hurts: their donors' pockets.
Demsrule86
(68,696 posts)would accept...paid leave won't happen this go round and Manchin would just say what he is willing to vote for and let's end this crap which is not doing our party any good. Also, pass the darn defense bill...get it done.
ColinC
(8,335 posts)brush
(53,876 posts)All he's about is delay, delay, delay. It's as if he wants to stop deployment of these benefits so we lose the mid-terms.
Hotler
(11,445 posts)racquetball on the Capital courts. Run him up against the wall a few times, bang to ball off of him a little. Then let him score a few points to make it bipartisan . Just a friendly game.
Bettie
(16,129 posts)he got it, so he sees no need to vote for anything else.
We all knew this was coming.
Spoiler Alert: he'll find excuses not to vote for it in 2022 as well.
WHITT
(2,868 posts)Biden blocks the release of any infrastructure funds to WV until 2023?