West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has dealt a huge blow to President Joe Biden's economic agenda, telling Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that he will only support a reconciliation bill that lowers prescription drug prices and extends subsidies for the nation's health care law, the Affordable Care Act, according to a Democrat briefed on the conversations.
Manchin informed Schumer that he cannot support a bill this August containing the climate, energy or tax provisions the president seeks. In an interview with radio host Hoppy Kerchival Friday morning, he said that he told Schumer that it was not "prudent" to include these measures in the bill at this moment.
He said that he wanted to see the July inflation figures — which will be released on Aug. 10 — before proceeding with the reconciliation package. Manchin told Kercheval that he asked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, "'Chuck, can we just wait until the inflation figures come out in July?'"
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Gee whiz, a demoncrat with some brains, what a concept
Well, at least there is one. Just a shame the rest of them have their brains(if they have one) in places we should not mention.
The de"mock"rats will hate this; but I bet this is what Manchin's supporters want (maybe there is someone on this list from West Virigina who can verify that) . I disagree with Manchin on many things, but on this I have to back him. There was a time that de"mock"rats actually cared about what there supporters wanted and what they thought was good for the country. That day is long past,