It’s a good thing that Joe Biden doesn’t need Joe Manchin to pass anything else in this session of Congress, eh? At least that’s the impression the White House left in its blistering response to the West Virginia senator’s decision to torpedo Biden’s Build Back Better bill. The decision — announced on Fox News, no less — puts an effective end to Biden’s insipid and math-deficient attempts to style himself into another FDR or LBJ.
In announcing his opposition, Manchin raised the same concerns about the bill that he’s had all along: inflation, rising debt and a mismatch between the package’s 10-year funding and its shorter-term programs. But until Sunday, Manchin had never taken a hard line on the legislation. In the past week, he’s spoken directly to Biden several times, with the president and other Democrats furiously lobbying him to support the bill. …
Manchin’s rollout on Fox News infuriated Democrats Sunday morning. Psaki said that the senator had brought Biden an outline of a bill similar in size and scope that “could lead to a compromise acceptable to all.”
“If his comments on FOX and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position, and a breach of his commitments to the president and the senator’s colleagues in the House and Senate,” Psaki said. “Just as Senator Manchin reversed his position on Build Back Better this morning, we will continue to press him to see if he will reverse his position yet again, to honor his prior commitments and be true to his word.”
And while the centrist senator’s staff informed White House and Democratic aides about his forthcoming blow to Biden’s agenda, some Democrats were steamed that Manchin himself hadn’t called Biden or Schumer.
Read the whole statement to get the full bitterness from Psaki. Through his team, Biden accuses Manchin of double-dealing and dishonesty, which is pretty rich given the machinations around the BBB. Manchin said from the start that he wouldn’t go higher than a $1.5 trillion price tag over ten years — in honest accounting. Manchin eventually went up to $1.75T (the White House says $1.8T), but repeatedly and consistently said that budget gimmicks like sunsets wouldn’t fly with him.
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Joe Manchin is doing what all politicians should be doing. They need to vote on bills after reading them and voting in the manner that those who elected them would want them to vote. Politicians today vote with their party, not for the voters who elected them. Perhaps we need to change the Constitution back to where the State Legislatures appointed senators, they were not voted in by popular vote. Then the senators would vote as their governors told them to vote, not how the party leaders tell them to vote. Manchin is a standup guy and we need to respect his vote as he is voting how the people of WV want him to vote. We all know that the $1.75T bill is actually around $5.7T and will put most of us deep in debt for a lifetime. Manchin will not let them pull the wool over our eyes on this massive socialists bill that will change our nation forever.
I agree about going back to senators being appointed by state legislators as the Constitution said. The deep state likes the popular vote because it gives the party ultimate control over them, follow the party line or else we get rid of you!!!!!
Believe it or not we have to protect Manchin from his own party! He is a liberal BUT he did the right thing!
Manchin needs to change parties and give the Republicans the majority.
I agree I leave that bunch of commies in a hart beat
It only takes one innocent boy saying, "The Emperor has no clothes!" Th wage the Kingdom out of its fear!
Lynn Bryant DeSpain
Let's just pray it doesn't pass at all
biden doesn't need manchin, he has mcconnell and the rest of the deep state gop establishment TRAITORS!!!!!!!!!!
Bob you are %100 correct.
The only presidents I've seen in the last 40 years to work for the American people rather than party was Reagan & Trump. The last Democrat l voted for was Kennedy who was a far better Republican than what we have now, and they killed him for it!
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