Entrepreneur - In the absence of any fourth federal stimulus check, the extended monthly child tax credit provided much needed relief to families. This monthly child tax credit ended this month, but President Joe Biden wants to extend this CTC payment for at least one more year. However, opposition from Senator Joe Manchin may mean the end…
Tax and Budget
WVNSTV, Toys Matrix - West Virginia took the national stage Sunday, December 19, 2021 following an announcement from Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and the future of the Build Back Better Bill. Read the full article. “I can not vote to continue with this piece of legislation, I just can’t,” Manchin said on Fox News…
NBC News - Advocates of child tax credit payments say they're outraged after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Sunday that he would not vote for President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act, which includes a one-year extension to the benefits. Read the full article. The news that Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., will not vote for President…
West Virginia MetroNews - Kelly Allen was among those surprised when U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced he could not support Democrats’ sweeping domestic policy proposal. Read the full article. Allen, the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy’s executive director, told MetroNews her organization and others have spoken to Manchin and his staff about…
Daily Mail - Sen. Joe Manchin offered a frosty response on Friday to President Biden's statement that the Democratic holdout broadly backed his bill and its $1.8 trillion price tag. Read the full article. 'The president put out a statement. It’s his statement, not mine,' he told Politico. A day earlier the president namechecked the West Virginia senator three…
Associated Press, Yahoo, Daily Jefferson County Union, NBC New York, KATV, Title Press - Sen. Joe Manchin’s reluctance to endorse the Biden administration’s expanded child tax credit program is rippling through his home state of West Virginia. Read the full article. Manchin, a moderate Democrat, is one of the last holdouts delaying passage of President…
New Republic - President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda is at risk, and the extension of an enhanced tax credit assisting parents is caught in the middle—with Joe Manchin. In recent weeks, this has been a common, but not always fun, place to be. Read the full article. The West Virginia senator has long been skeptical of…
Washington Post - It is hard to believe the White House and progressives offered to cut their key legislative package in half (from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion) to accommodate Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) without first reaching an agreement that what’s left of the package would pass. But that appears to have been the case. Now,…
Daily News - Sen. Lindsey Graham said he now thinks that President Biden's Build Back Better bill is 'dead forever' after Democrats announced that they are tabling the legislation until after Christmas. Read the full article. The South Carolina Republican said that the Congressional Budget Office score, which found the $1.75 trillion bill would add $3 trillion to the…
Daily Mail - Progressives are grumbling that Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has likely stalled passage of President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill until next year. Read the full article. 'God bless Sen. Manchin, but he does love to keep everyone guessing until the very end,' Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal said Wednesday. Rep. Cori Bush,…