The Biden administration had little to say Friday after Sen. Joe Manchin put the brakes on a slimmed-down version of President Biden’s massive social spending plan.
The Biden administration had little to say Friday after Sen. Joe Manchin put the brakes on a slimmed-down version of President Biden’s massive social spending plan, which has been stalled for months.
“The president has always been very clear that he’s going to use every tool in his toolbox, every authority that he has to make sure that we deal with the climate change – the climate crisis that we are currently in,” she added. “But as far as the negotiations, I’m just not going to say much more about that.”
The lawmaker’s objections became known after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday that the annual rate of inflation reached 9.1% in June, the highest level since November 1981. Manchin stated he would only support the bill if it was limited to addressing pharmaceutical prices and extending federal subsidies for buying health care coverage, leaving out environmental regulations and tax increases.However, the West Virginia pol has left the door open to supporting smaller versions of the bill and has held off-and-on talks with Schumer for months.
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