Manchin 'repeatedly timed his key attacks on Biden's agenda to occur at events with his largest corporate donors,' MorePerfectUS shows in its new video.
it before the Senate passed BBB, over the objections of progressives who warned that decoupling the two pieces of legislation would give corporate Democrats veto power over the stalled bill—Manchin"won the ultimate prize," states More Perfect Union.
The new video depicts additional meetings Manchin had with top corporate donors or leaders, which were usually followed by an attack on BBB. It was while standing with anti-union Toyota executives, for instance, that Manchin in Novemberhis opposition to incentives that had been proposed to promote union-made electric vehicles, calling BBB's labor provisions"un-American."
Not long after, the West Virginia Democrat made clear his opposition to the proposed ban on offshore drilling in BBB. As More Perfect Union notes, that came just days after Enterprise Products—an oil and gas pipeline company that happened to be Manchin's largest donor in 2021 as well as his son's employer—"had announced that it was seeking approval to build the nation's first offshore oil terminal big enough to serve the largest class of supertankers.
Passing BBB through the filibuster-proof reconciliation process requires the support of all 50 Senate Democrats and all but three House Democrats.: "What Build Back Better bill? There is no Build Back Better bill, I don't know what you're all talking about."Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested that Manchin was siding with"corporate America" by insisting that BBB is"dead.
"When you have a proposal that has the overwhelming support of the American people, and it's addressing the long neglected crises facing working people, we cannot allow that to die," Sanders"And if Mr. Manchin chooses to side with corporate America in this issue, that's his business," Sanders added."But for me, and I think millions of Americans, we have got to fight for the needs of working families.
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