Joe Biden’s giant social reform plan may have suffered a fatal blow today with Democratic senator Joe Manchin announcing he would not approve this crucial program for the US presidency, considering it particularly costly in a period of inflation.
The White House immediately denounced Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin for voting against President Joe Biden’s bill on social spending and climate, calling it a “sudden and inexplicable reversal” amid ongoing negotiations.
“The fight for Build Back Better is very important for us to give up. We will find a way forward next year,” said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, adding that the White House would continue to try to persuade him to vote in favor. of the plan.
Democratic Sen. Joe Mancin has chosen Fox News, which is highly critical of Joe Biden, to make his announcement.
The senator said he would not approve Joe Biden’s giant social reform plan.
“I can not go any further,” the West Virginia senator, who has been one of the biggest obstacles to this social and environmental reform program for weeks, told Fox.
“I can not vote for it,” Mancin added, referring mainly to rising prices and the size of debt.
“I can not very simply. I tried everything humanly possible, I can not. It is not,” he added.
Named “Build Back Better,” the $ 1.750 billion plan envisions mostly kindergartens for all, tax breaks for American households, and significant investments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
After a first vote in the House of Representatives in November, where Democrats had overcome their internal differences between the center-left, which was worried about the debt implications, and the left wing, which wanted to go further in spending, its approval in the Senate was postponed. the last days.
With the Senate divided (50 senators for each camp), every Democrat or member actually has what looks like a veto on any bill if Republicans rally.
“Senator Mancin’s remarks” contradict his discussions this week with the president, White House staff and his own public statements, “said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki in a lengthy press release. the frustration was obvious.
“If his comments on the Fox network and his press release show the end of these efforts (to reach an agreement, etc.), then they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal of his position and a breach of his commitments to the president.” added Psaki.
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