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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have an ambitious New Year’s resolution: revive President Biden’s Build Back Better plan that was dealt a major blow on Sunday after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced on “Fox News Sunday” that he is a “no” on the social spending bill.
Democrats knew that they could not spare a single vote because of the 50-50 split in the Senate. Pelosi called the developments “disappointing,” but vowed more negotiating. She said she is “hopeful that we will soon reach an agreement so that this vital legislation can pass as soon as possible next year.”
MANCHIN’S MEDIA CRITICS PREDICT BUILD BACK BETTER ‘NO’ VOTE IS THREAT TO THE ‘FUTURE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY’
Manchin told Fox News that his rationale was simple: he wants to be able to explain to his constituents in his home state why he voted for the bill. He told Bret Baier, the host, that he “cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation.”
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and President Joe Biden sit in Marine One prior to lifting off on the South Lawn of the White House December 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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“I just can’t,” he said. “I’ve tried everything humanly possible. I can’t get there.”
Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, called Manchin’s announcement “a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position” and “a breach of his commitments” to Biden and congressional Democrats. She pointedly said that Manchin, whose state is among the nation’s poorest, “will have to explain” why many families will have to cope with higher health and child care costs the bill is intended to address.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks to reporters during her weekly news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on December 15, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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