Scoop: Manchin outlines BBB deal requirements
Source: Axios
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told a group of climate activists and energy executives he's open to supporting revised Build Back Better legislation narrowly addressing three issues: climate change, prescription drug prices and deficit reduction.
Why it matters: Manchins private comments during a closed-door dinner Monday are a clear indication hes serious about returning to the negotiating table, but for a much smaller version of President Biden's initial $3.5 trillion proposal, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
His comments at the closed-door dinner, hosted by the American Clean Power Association, the trade association for the renewable energy industry, are consistent with conversations Manchin has had with Senate colleagues.
In those informal talks, he's outlined a deal that includes roughly $500 billion for climate and $1 trillion in new revenue.
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The bottom line: Any skinnier Build Back Better legislation still faces numerous hurdles.
They include agreement from Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on the revenue side, and acceptance from progressives that $550 billion on energy and climate is the only deal they'll get.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/manchin-outlines-bbb-deal-requirements-723696b5-c602-42ef-907c-fcf08bab96f6.html
Auggie
(31,130 posts)Show me the vote
Ray Bruns
(4,071 posts)How many times has he said he would vote for this bill when things were changed to suit HIM, then he voted against it or changed his mind before the vote.
Tony_FLADEM
(3,023 posts)I don't believe anything he says.
Jon King
(1,910 posts)Reporters trailing him and tons of TV spots. He absolutely loved that spotlight.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Hes blown any credibility he ever had. I wouldnt even waste any time talking to him.
Time to stop feeding his festering ego.
Mr.Bill
(24,228 posts)his Supreme Court vote, or at least testing the waters.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)The two votes are separate. He can kill either one if he wants to. He hasn't indicated that he will torpedo KJB. What happens with BBB is another matter altogether.
jalan48
(13,839 posts)FloridaBlues
(4,002 posts)They can add to it after we keep the congress and senate.
Lets see what he does.
Autumn
(44,972 posts)Deminpenn
(15,265 posts)the bill with the language he supports.
Mawspam2
(722 posts)..."at the closed-door dinner, hosted by the American Clean Power Association".
What will he say at the next Coal Industry pep rally?
Eff that guy!
BradAllison
(1,879 posts)Amiright, Senator Mansion?
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Roe vs. Wade is about to be overturned and they are not allocating money for daycare. This is insane.
riversedge
(70,049 posts)and Dems want. damn
Bettie
(16,058 posts)think that all women should be at home taking care of babies and 'tending to' their man's "needs".
Shoes are optional in cold climates.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)They want absolutely no sex outside of heterosexual marriage. And for EVERY SINGLE CHILD born out of wedlock to be given up for adoption.
Bettie
(16,058 posts)my dogs were barking, so I just hit submit.
Plus, thinking too much about all what they want our society to be is fucking depressing!
Lest we forget, there are currently state legislatures debating whether women who terminate pregnancies should be executed. But, they have no intention of helping women who are forced to have children they neither want nor can afford.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,544 posts)This proposal strips everything else besides prescription drug funding out of the bill.
Make Manchin write the bill, and bring it to the floor for a vote. Make Sinema take a stand on the record.
Then, lets see if the house will pass it.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)You narcissistic obstructionist.
brush
(53,735 posts)Screw him.
myohmy2
(3,137 posts)...this is a joke?...right?
...we'll lose in November and he will have fulfilled his mission...
...it's amazing what we call a Democrat today...
...good luck...
Bettie
(16,058 posts)a single word Manchin says about BBB. It is clear he has no intention of ever voting for any of it, unless and until it is reduced to a package of cash for the fossil fuel industry and some form of punitive measure for those he deems unworthy (poor people).
We need to get more senators to make him irrelevant.