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Sunday, December 19, 2021
Is This The End Of Build Back Better?
West Virginia US Senator Joe Manchin said today that after months of negotiations he has decided that there is simply no way he can support President Biden's massive social spending bill known as the Build Back Better Act.
Speaking with Fox News Manchin said that he has consulted with President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, explaining that "I've done everything humanly possible," to try to reach an acceptable compromise on the bill. In the end, however, he said that between ongoing inflation, the national debt, "geopolitical unrest," and the COVID-19 pandemic, the bill being pushed by his fellow Democrats was just too much. "This is a no," he said in conclusion.
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