Posted on 12/19/2021 9:20:28 AM PST by RandFan
Senator Manchin’s comments this morning on FOX are at odds with his discussions this week with the President, with White House staff, and with his own public utterances.
Weeks ago, Senator Manchin committed to the President, at his home in Wilmington, to support the Build Back Better framework that the President then subsequently announced. Senator Manchin pledged repeatedly to negotiate on finalizing that framework “in good faith.”
On Tuesday of this week, Senator Manchin came to the White House and submitted—to the President, in person, directly—a written outline for a Build Back Better bill that was the same size and scope as the President’s framework, and covered many of the same priorities. While that framework was missing key priorities, we believed it could lead to a compromise acceptable to all. Senator Manchin promised to continue conversations in the days ahead, and to work with us to reach that common ground. If his comments on FOX and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position, and a breach of his commitments to the President and the Senator’s colleagues in the House and Senate.
Senator Manchin claims that this change of position is related to inflation, but the think tank he often cites on Build Back Better—the Penn Wharton Budget Institute—issued a report less than 48 hours ago that noted the Build Back Better Act will have virtually no impact on inflation in the short term, and, in the long run, the policies it includes will ease inflationary pressures. Many leading economists with whom Senator Manchin frequently consults also support Build Back Better.
Build Back Better lowers costs that families pay. It will reduce what families pay for child care. It will reduce what they pay for prescription drugs. It will lower health care premiums. And it puts a tax cut in the pockets of families with kids. If someone is concerned about the impact that higher prices are having on families, this bill gives them a break.
Senator Manchin cited deficit concerns in his statement. But the plan is fully paid for, is the most fiscally responsible major bill that Congress has considered in years, and reduces the deficit in the long run. The Congressional Budget Office report that the Senator cites analyzed an unfunded extension of Build Back Better. That’s not what the President has proposed, not the bill the Senate would vote on, and not what the President would support. Senator Manchin knows that: The President has told him that repeatedly, including this week, face to face.
Likewise, Senator Manchin’s statement about the climate provisions in Build Back Better are wrong. Build Back Better will produce a job-creating clean energy future for this country—including West Virginia.
Just as Senator Manchin reversed his position on Build Back Better this morning, we will continue to press him to see if he will reverse his position yet again, to honor his prior commitments and be true to his word.
In the meantime, Senator Manchin will have to explain to those families paying $1,000 a month for insulin why they need to keep paying that, instead of $35 for that vital medicine. He will have to explain to the nearly two million women who would get the affordable day care they need to return to work why he opposes a plan to get them the help they need. Maybe Senator Manchin can explain to the millions of children who have been lifted out of poverty, in part due to the Child Tax Credit, why he wants to end a program that is helping achieve this milestone—we cannot.
We are proud of what we have gotten done in 2021: the American Rescue Plan, the fastest decrease in unemployment in U.S. history, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, over 200 million Americans vaccinated, schools reopened, the fastest rollout of vaccines to children anywhere in the world, and historic appointments to the Federal judiciary.
But we will not relent in the fight to help Americans with their child care, health care, prescription drug costs, and elder care—and to combat climate change. The fight for Build Back Better is too important to give up. We will find a way to move forward next year.
Yes. Every paragraph is a lie.
But that’s what they do..
Little Miss Pentagon ( in a former life) is Bidens attack dog.
Down girl, down!
In other words, “We didn’t squeeze his nads hard enough.” We’re still working on it.
Dem versus Dem. Always entertaining.
And to tell the truth, it’s rather rare. That one newly elected US House Representative said she differed with Pelosi’s endorsed bill early in the first session but then met overnight with Pelosi and returned to say she was fully on board after all.
So Manchin didn’t accept the red Lamborghini with cash on the front seat, parked on the horseshoe driveway in front of his new multi million dollar mansion he was offered. That is admirable. Hope he is wearing Kevlar under his suits and still employing the two ex bouncers from the DC strip joint as security. He’ll need them.
They keep saying this is about drug prices. That should cost a lot less than $2,000,000,000,000 ($2 TRILLION is a lot of zeroes)
Nothing but spin and lies from the WH. Consider this ...
“Weeks ago, Senator Manchin committed to the President, at his home in Wilmington, to support the Build Back Better framework that the President then subsequently announced. Senator Manchin pledged repeatedly to negotiate on finalizing that framework “in good faith.”
Basically their negotiation was a Hobson choice for Manchin.
Anything short will be proclaimed as “bad faith”, “harmful”, etc. Sure they might give or given in to Manchin on a billion or 2, but nothing more. Supporting the “framework” is not supporting the bill. He was expected to submit. Glad to see their millions of hours of effort, spending that was ghost written by unknown, elected people go down in flames. Let the demonkkkraps run on it in 2022.
This is all out effort with the help of the media propaganda wing to slam and shame Manchin whom I do not trust. Their little taliban aggressively hunting him in public did not help the cause. In politics, one has to take what one can get, even if it requires holding one’s nose. For that I’ll thank Manchin. I’ll also hold my nose and thank Mitch, Mitt, Collins, Burr and Murkowski too for not acting like assistants to the demonkkkraps here.
Someone must have taken Trump’s Art of The Deal book out of the White House library along with Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. They just had to Psaki to him I guess. If I were Manchin I’d switch parties.
there. fixed it.
Ginger snapped.
I do expect Xiden to go full retard and scorched earth in his Tuesday address with his “Stark Warning” to the unvaccinated.
They have nothing else left.
Classic liberal response to someone who disagrees: attack them personally. Has that ever solved anything? Ever? And this how the White House operates? Whatever happened to statesmanship?
They are not working for the clampdown anymore - now comes the reset.
Little Miss Pentagon ( in a former life) is Bidens attack dog.
Down girl, down!
Fascinating how it shows they can quickly get a message out when it serves their purposes.
But not for things like the now out of control pandemic that the vaccines aren’t stopping (head in the sand)
Ignoring the atrocity of the Afghanistan withdrawal (ignored)
Dealing with a skyrocketing crime rate and blatant lootings of stores (ignored)
But no no... go against the narrative and you’ll get instant respnoses.
“Senator Manchin will have to explain to those families paying $1,000 a month for insulin why they need to keep paying that, instead of $35 for that vital medicine.
Didn’t pervert administration remove Trump’s discount right after they TOOK power?”
I think inhalers and perhaps epipens were also targeted for a price reduction under that provision.
Yes they did. They want to wipe out Trump from history and take credit for lowering drug costs and everything else.
Love it, complete futility from the White House.
If you want to lower drug costs, present a bill that does just that and nothing else. Stop with these “everything under the sun” bills” full of waste and stupidity.
But lowering the cost of drugs isn’t really that important to the White House is it, Jen?
If she ends up in GITMO, I'm sure she'll be pampered, but maybe not in the way she'd prefer. Heh. :-)
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