Manchin says Build Back Better is 'dead'
February 02 2022, 08:00
Key swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia offered a grim pronouncement on the status of President Joe Biden's remaining domestic agenda, saying on Tuesday that the Build Back Better act is "dead," underscoring how the sweeping proposal to expand the social safety net has hit a wall with no clear path forward even as Democrats hope to eventually pass some kind of scaled-back version of the legislation.
Key swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia offered a grim pronouncement on the status of President Joe Biden's remaining domestic agenda, saying on Tuesday that the Build Back Better act is "dead," underscoring how the sweeping proposal to expand the social safety net has hit a wall with no clear path forward even as Democrats hope to eventually pass some kind of scaled-back version of the legislation.
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