{"id":1131981,"date":"2021-12-19T11:05:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T16:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131981"},"modified":"2021-12-19T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T16:05:09","slug":"joe-manchin-to-oppose-4-91-trillion-build-back-better-act-effectively-killing-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-to-oppose-4-91-trillion-build-back-better-act-effectively-killing-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Manchin to Oppose $4.91 Trillion Build Back Better Act, Effectively Killing Bill"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjoe-manchin-to-oppose-4-91-trillion-build-back-better-act-effectively-killing-bill%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=1131981&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/congress-budget-paid-family-leave-sen-joe-manchin-va-speaks-reporters-news-conference-capitol-hill-e1637273283570-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said on Sunday he will oppose the $4.91 trillion Build Back Better Act, effectively killing the \u201cmammoth\u201d legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. \u2026 I can\u2019t get there,\u201d Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1472569252376989699?s=20\">said<\/a> on&nbsp;<em>Fox News Sunday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Manchin, the West Virginia moderate Democrat, serves as the critical swing vote in the Senate for Democrats to pass the bill through the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have hoped to use budgetary reconciliation to pass the legislation, as that would allow Democrats to pass the bill using a simple majority in Congress\u2019 upper chamber. However, since Democrats only have a one-member majority, it would require the approval of two swing votes, Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a no on this legislation,\u201d Manchin said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat bill is a mammoth piece of legislation,\u201d Manchin said of the Build Back Better Act.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4814814814815\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that Joe Biden and the Democrat-led Congress should take a \u201cstrategic pause\u201d from the Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion &#8220;infrastructure&#8221; Leftist Trojan Horse scheme. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RLBl5HCFtl\">https:\/\/t.co\/RLBl5HCFtl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1439935201946316808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/25\/thanksgiving-table-setter-a-guide-to-the-behemoth-build-back-better-act\/\">wrote<\/a> a guide to all of the provisions in the House-passed Build Back Better Act. President Joe Biden has compared this legislation to the New Deal and the Great Society programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve tried, I really did,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s opposition to the Build Back Better follows after President Joe Biden announced he would delay the bill after failing to strike an accord with Manchin.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin has had significant concerns with the legislation, especially the bill\u2019s official $1.7 trillion price tag.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/13\/joe-manchin-not-fair-build-back-better-act-rely-budget-gimmicks\/\">voiced<\/a> significant concerns about the bill\u2019s high price tag. He said that the Congressional Budget Office\u2019s (CBO report stating that the would cost $4.9 trillion and add $3 trillion to the deficit if many of the sunsetted programs were permanently extended was \u201csobering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin also said he has had concerns with the bill\u2019s expanded child tax credit (CTC) provision, which was set to expire on December 31. The provision was created through the Democrats\u2019 $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMoran3\"><i>@SeanMoran3<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said on Sunday he will oppose the $4.91 trillion Build Back Better Act, effectively killing the \u201cmammoth\u201d legislation. \u201cI cannot vote to continue with this piece &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"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-1131981","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\/1131981","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\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131981\/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=1131981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}