Momentum is growing for checking the scope of President Biden’s social spending and climate package as Democrats seek a method to get the bill through the Senate with Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) backing.
On Sunday, Manchin effectively killed a much more wide-ranging bill, recognized as the Build Back Better Act by declaring his opposition, deeply disappointing and enraging the White House and fellow congressional Democrats.
Days later, the pain stings, though Democrats are actively pursuing answers that might find muster with the West Virginia senator, whose vote is a necessity in the 50-50 Senate evenly split between the two parties.