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Sanders Slams Manchin’s Hypocrisy on Infrastructure Bill, Which Adds to Deficit
Manchin said on Monday that the reconciliation bill may be too expensive for him to support.
Manchin Headlined Invite-Only Coal Forum While Negotiating Reconciliation Bill
The event was held weeks before Sen. Joe Manchin gutted the climate portion of the Build Back Better Act.
Manchin Refuses to Support Reconciliation Bill If It Contains Words
How many times has this snake shed its skin?
Joe Manchin “Does Not Get to Dictate the Future,” Says Cori Bush
Bush called Manchin's opposition to the Build Back Better Act “anti-Black, anti-child, anti-woman, and anti-immigrant.”
Manchin Claims Others Won’t Compromise After Forcing Reconciliation to Be Halved
The senator only seems to care about the deficit when it comes to proposals he doesn’t like.
Sanders Says He’s Still Working to Get Drug Price Plan Into Reconciliation Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s still making calls and negotiating to have the proposals included.
Chomsky: Build Back Better Fiasco Exposes How Both Parties Serve Corporate Power
Failure of Biden’s efforts to reshape federal priorities will have a terrible human cost and hand the GOP a weapon.
Democrats Add $775 Million Oil and Gas Subsidy to Bill After Lobbyist Campaign
The subsidy was added on behalf of coal baron Sen. Joe Manchin, who opposed a methane fee proposal.
The Centerpiece of the Build Back Better Climate Plan Has Been Stripped Out
The Democrats’ compromises are better than nothing but far less than what is needed to meet the climate crisis.
Progressive Dems Balk at “Trust Manchin” After Frantic Push by Biden and Pelosi
Manchin and Sinema have sown enough chaos to bring us to this moment, which I suspect is what they wanted all along.