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Posted on 09/07/2021 8:04:29 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) has privately warned the White House and congressional leaders that he has specific policy concerns with President Biden's $3.5 trillion social spending dream — and he'll support as little as $1 trillion of it — Axios' Hans Nichols scoops.
At most, he's open to supporting $1.5 trillion, sources familiar with the discussions say. Why it matters: In a 50-50 Senate, that could mean the ceiling for Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda — and that many progressive priorities, from universal preschool to free community college, are in danger of dying this Congress.
Manchin also has committed to paying for any new spending with new revenue, which will limit the ultimate size of any final package. This amount would be on top of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal passed by the Senate and awaiting House action. Between the lines: Underlying Manchin’s concerns with Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget proposal, which originated in Sen. Bernie Sanders' budget committee, are deep and substantive differences over the size and scope of specific programs.
Manchin has voiced concerns about Biden’s plan to spend $400 billion for home caregivers.
He's also talking about means testing on other key proposals, including extending the enhanced Child Tax Credit, which provides up to an additional $300 per child per month, free community college, universal preschool and child care tax credits.
And he’s skeptical that so-called dynamic scoring — which Democrats embraced as a way to offset some costs of hard infrastructure spending — can be applied to “human” or “soft” infrastructure proposals…
(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...
still too much
What a time we live in that $1 trillion is a “little” for one spending bill - more than the entire budget was 30 years ago.
So, how many RINO’s are going to go with the dimoKKKRATS and support this monstrosity?
Manchin will probably cave as usual.
“So, how many RINO’s are going to go with the dimoKKKRATS and support this monstrosity?”
ZERO - they’ve been shut out of this one from the start.
bttt
A trill here, a trill there and pretty soon you’re talking real money!
Luckily our wages have gone up in direct proportion...
Here comes the cave. By the way it really ain’t about the money, it’s about the Easter eggs hiding in this 10,000 page monstrosity. 13 new welfare programs and a complete federal takeover of elections. The money talk is all slight of hand, the “shiny object” to distract for the imposition of pure communism hidden in this disaster.
How would we know it’s burning? She’s always wearing that shower cap
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Manchin is just holding out for more money.
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Notice no one has told us how much Biden has spent per day.
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When Bill Clinton was elected with big Democrat majorities, Republicans crowed because they were able to turn back his $20 billion job creation plan early.
Sixteen years later, Obama rammed through a $1 trillion+ “stimulus/infrastructure” plan (with next to know infrastructure) with his Democrat majority, and little Republican pushback.
Twelve years after that, the Democrats have only a slight majority, and Republicans are willing to negotiate for some number between 1 and 3 1/2 trillion, AFTER spending over a trillion with no significant opposition.
The dam is going to break.
A tipster notes that a plane belonging to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) landed in Lexington, Kentucky today and is scheduled to return to West Virginia this afternoon...
Could the Senate flip ?
https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/07/is-joe-manchin-meeting-with-mitch-mcconnell/
See post 19
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