Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told “Fox News Sunday” viewers he is now a firm ‘no’ vote on the Build Back Better Act. With no Republican senators supporting the legislation, Manchin’s announcement means the bill is basically dead. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1472572066633326601 From the Washington Post:
“I can’t move forward. I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation, I just can’t,” he said.
“I tried everything possible,” Manchin added. “I can’t get there. . . This is a no.”
In a separate statement, issued later Sunday, Manchin later signaled that he still could continue negotiating with Biden and other top Democrats on a scaled-back version of the bill.
But the senator otherwise said he could not “vote to move forward with this mammoth piece of legislation,” which described as an effort to “dramatically reshape our society in a way that leaves our country even more vulnerable to the threats we face.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) told CNN later in the day that the Senate should still vote on the matter, saying if Manchin “doesn’t have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of West Virginia and America, let him vote no in front of the whole world.” https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1472579653072207874 https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1472570372490944515 https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1472571127096655876
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