Senate Democrats are preparing to flee D.C. for the holiday break with their party's agenda concretely in limbo
President Joe Biden’s sweeping climate and social spending plan is staggering into the New Year, with no clear prognosis for how to get it through the Senate.
Manchin responded dryly to Biden’s statement on Friday in a brief interview: “The president put out a statement. It’s his statement, not mine.” The two spoke several times this week. In fact, this week the key moderate said he dislikes using 10-year financing for a one-year extension of the child tax credit, which has thrown the entire structure of the legislation into question. Extending the benefit longer would make the bill more expensive, and Manchin has capped his support at $1.7 trillion. That could mean cutting other programs to keep in place one of Democrats’ most tangible achievements this year.
"If he were going to say no, he would have said no by now,” said Sen. Chris Coons , a close Biden ally. The White House says things are still on track, citing the party's accomplishments thus far this year and the positive jolt the spending bill could deliver for the economy. As January nears, many Democrats hoped for a breakthrough on elections reform, yet Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Manchin both oppose changing the Senate rules to allow that to pass by a simple majority, even as several other Democrats have changed their positions in recent days.
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