It isn't just Joe Manchin standing in the way of the social spending bill

[karynnj]

13. Not likely to be an issue

EVERYTHING in that bill has long been on the progressives' wish list. For example, imagine that nothing but the childcare portion remains. Given the choice to get just that or nothing, which way will progressives vote?

The biggest fear I have is that Manchin will block most or all of the climate change part - because he has a lot of personal financial involvement in coal. The first thing I remember hearing about him is that in his first Senate run, he had an ad where he used a gun to shot a hole through a paper copy of the Markey climate bill.