Tag: Build Back Better

As Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill before lunch, Joe Manchin (D-WV) crashed the party. In the middle of Wyden’s reassurances that Build Back Better would find common ground among Democrats and their moderate party members, Manchin walked around the corner. Asked about the legislation, Manchin pointedly responded, “What Build Back

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has taken his offer off the table. The $1.8 trillion dollar spending blueprint represented a counteroffer to the much larger Build Back Better proposal backed by President Joe Biden. It included enormous investments in climate initiatives, an expansion of the Affordable Care Act, and a universal pre-k program similar to one