{"id":1126009,"date":"2021-12-16T17:44:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T22:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1126009"},"modified":"2021-12-16T17:44:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T22:44:22","slug":"lindsey-graham-bidens-build-back-better-spending-bill-dead-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-bidens-build-back-better-spending-bill-dead-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham: Biden\u2019s \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 Spending Bill \u2018Dead Forever\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flindsey-graham-bidens-build-back-better-spending-bill-dead-forever%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1126009&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham celebrated the stalemate in Senate negotiations over the Biden administration\u2019s $1.75 trillion \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d social spending package, saying that he thinks the bill is \u201cdead forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-build-back-better-dead-forever-deficit-lindsey-graham-hannity-manchin\">Sean Hannity<\/a> on Fox News Wednesday night, Graham said that the deadlock between moderate Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin and fellow Senate Democrats over the cost of the proposed legislation has effectively scrapped the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Build Back Better is dead forever and let me tell you why: Because Joe Manchin has said he\u2019s not going to vote for a bill that will add to the deficit,\u201d Graham said. \u201cWell, if you do away with the budget gimmicks, Build Back Better, according to the CBO [Congressional Budget Office] adds $3 trillion to the deficit. He doesn\u2019t want to vote for a bill that makes inflation worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham then went on to attack the \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d bill\u2019s child care provisions for denying federal funds to religious daycare centers and for allegedly increasing the costs of child care, despite the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psakis-no-economist-assertion-draws-some-inflation-dissenters\">repeated<\/a> claims that \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-to-jimmy-fallon-build-back-better-is-paid-for-wont-increase-deficit-one-penny\">lower costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[O]ne thing we haven\u2019t talked about tonight that was mentioned today, the child care provisions in Build Back Better prohibit religious institutions from receiving money,\u201d Graham told Hannity. \u201cSo, if you\u2019ve got a child in a religious institution providing child care, you will not be eligible for money from the government because that child goes to a religious institution. It [also] increases the wages of child care providers, to the point that the average family will have to spend $13,000 more, because this is a federal takeover of child care, it\u2019s declaring war on religious institutions, it\u2019s $5 trillion dollars not $1.75, it\u2019s an inflation bomb, and at the end of the day, Joe Manchin has promised the people of West Virginia, \u2018I will not vote for a bill that adds to the deficit that\u2019s full of gimmicks,\u2019 so I think [it] is dead forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CBO and the inflation number last Friday, I think, kill Build Back Better. They were trying to pass a lie, and God bless Joe Manchin for sticking to his guns,\u201d Graham added.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire reported Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-senate-gives-up-on-passing-bidens-build-back-better-in-2021\">tabled the \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d bill<\/a> for at least the rest of the year because of the deadlock:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)] is likely to push a vote on the Build Back Better plan until next year, according to four sources familiar with the leaders\u2019 plans,\u201d NBC News reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t have the votes as [Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)] remains noncommittal,\u201d Caldwell continued. \u201cSchumer is still holding out hope for action on voting rights this year, multiple sources tell us. They are hoping for agreement on a rules change between four moderates who have been meeting,\u201d she added, referring to Manchin and Sens. Jon Tester (D-MO), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Angus King (I-ME)\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Manchin had previously made his concerns known. In a press gaggle inside the Capitol building on Monday, Manchin told reporters he wanted the bill to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/manchin-pushes-further-cuts-transparency-to-build-back-better-bill-citing-inflation-cbo-score\">cut even further<\/a>, with Democrats selecting their highest priorities and funding them over the full 10-year life of the bill, rather than the short-term funding plans currently in the bill, while maintaining the $1.75 trillion price tag.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639776053535000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3T8ZEdH30DayD_t0madefI\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham celebrated the stalemate in Senate negotiations over the Biden administration\u2019s $1.75 trillion \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d social spending package, saying that he thinks the bill is \u201cdead forever.\u201dSpeaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News Wednesday night, Graham said that the deadlock between moderate Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin and fellow Senate Democrats over the cost of the proposed legislation has effectively scrapped the bill.\u201cI think Build Back Better is dead forever and let me tell you why: Because Joe Manchin has said he\u2019s not going to vote for a bill that will add to the deficit,\u201d Graham said. \u201cWell, if you do away with the budget gimmicks, Build Back Better, according to the CBO [Congressional Budget Office] adds $3 trillion to the deficit. He doesn\u2019t want to vote for a bill that makes inflation worse.\u201dGraham then went on to attack the \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d bill\u2019s child care provisions for denying federal funds to religious daycare centers and for allegedly increasing the costs of child care, despite the Biden administration\u2019s repeated claims that \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d would lower costs.\u201c[O]ne thing we haven\u2019t talked about tonight that was mentioned today, the child care provisions in Build Back Better prohibit religious institutions from receiving money,\u201d Graham told Hannity. \u201cSo, if you\u2019ve got a child in a religious institution providing child care, you will not be eligible for money from the government because that child goes to a religious institution. It [also] increases the wages of child care providers, to the point that the average family will have to spend $13,000 more, because this is a federal takeover of child care, it\u2019s declaring war on religious institutions, it\u2019s $5 trillion dollars not $1.75, it\u2019s an inflation bomb, and at the end of the day, Joe Manchin has promised the people of West Virginia, \u2018I will not vote for a bill that adds to the deficit that\u2019s full of gimmicks,\u2019 so I think [it] is dead forever.\u201d\u201cThe CBO and the inflation number last Friday, I think, kill Build Back Better. They were trying to pass a lie, and God bless Joe Manchin for sticking to his guns,\u201d Graham added.The Daily Wire reported Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) \u00a0tabled the \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d bill for at least the rest of the year because of the deadlock:\u201c[Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)] is likely to push a vote on the Build Back Better plan until next year, according to four sources familiar with the leaders\u2019 plans,\u201d NBC News reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell said.\u201cHe doesn\u2019t have the votes as [Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)] remains noncommittal,\u201d Caldwell continued. \u201cSchumer is still holding out hope for action on voting rights this year, multiple sources tell us. They are hoping for agreement on a rules change between four moderates who have been meeting,\u201d she added, referring to Manchin and Sens. Jon Tester (D-MO), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Angus King (I-ME)\u2026Manchin had previously made his concerns known. In a press gaggle inside the Capitol building on Monday, Manchin told reporters he wanted the bill to be cut even further, with Democrats selecting their highest priorities and funding them over the full 10-year life of the bill, rather than the short-term funding plans currently in the bill, while maintaining the $1.75 trillion price tag.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1126009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1126009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1126009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1126009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1126009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}