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…
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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,…
Public News Service - As the deadline to pass the Build Back Better Act looms, West Virginia organizers are collecting stories from families in the Mountain State about why extending the Child Tax Credit through the legislation is critical. Read the full article. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is one of the major critics of the bill due to concerns…
Texas News Today - President Joe Biden encouraged the Senate to perform a sudden switch to voting rights legislation after his hopes of passing his signature Build Back Better plan by Christmas faded. Read the full article. Biden spoke out after Democrat rebel Senator Manchin appeared to kill chances of the $1.75 trillion bill passing in the…
Daily Mail - Rebel Democratic Senator Joe Manchin snapped on Wednesday after reports his opposition to the Child Tax Credit killed Joe Biden's hopes for the Senate to pass the president's signature Build Back Better bill by Christmas. Read the full article. 'This is b******t. You're b******t,' the West Virginia senator yelled at Arthur Delaney, a…