.HayesBrown: Sen. Manchin has spent months negotiating with himself on Build Back Better — only to reject his own deal.
over the weekend that “the West Virginia Democrat has made clear that he does not currently support advancing even that offer following a breakdown in negotiations between Manchin and the White House right before Christmas.”
That’s about par for the course for Manchin, who for all his pledges of straight talk has sent a bevy of mixed messages over the last year. While Democratic leadership has been trying to get Manchin to a “yes” on the cornerstone of Biden’s economic agenda, Manchin has spent most of that time publicly negotiating with himself.Compare Manchin’s current position to where he started off in 2021, ahead of Biden’s inauguration.
While he proved to be a headache while negotiating the American Rescue Plan, Manchin was still on board with spending big well into last spring. He in March that “the infrastructure bill can be big — as much as $4 trillion — as long as it's paid for with tax increases. He said he'll start his bargaining by requiring the package be 100% paid for.”and reiterated his call for it to be paid for in full with new taxes. That clashed with his desire to have the bill be bipartisan as well, but he still barreled ahead in negotiations with his GOP counterparts.
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