{"id":1133934,"date":"2021-12-20T12:04:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1133934"},"modified":"2021-12-20T12:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:04:50","slug":"after-manchin-voices-opposition-schumer-announces-vote-on-build-back-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-manchin-voices-opposition-schumer-announces-vote-on-build-back-better\/","title":{"rendered":"After Manchin Voices Opposition, Schumer Announces Vote On Build Back Better"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fafter-manchin-voices-opposition-schumer-announces-vote-on-build-back-better%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=1133934&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><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday that the Senate will vote on the Build Back Better Act following demands from left-wing members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/19\/joe-manchin-no-vote-joe-biden-build-back-better-spending-bill\/\">announced<\/a> Sunday on Fox News that he would not support the social spending package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenators should be aware that the Senate will, in fact, consider the Build Back Better Act, very early in the new year so that every Member of this body has the opportunity to make their position known on the Senate floor, not just on television,\u201d Schumer wrote in a Dear Colleague letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will keep voting on it until we get something done,\u201d Schumer added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.7164179104478\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Schumer tells Senate Dems they will vote on BBB early next year to put everyone on the record. Also:<br \/>\u201cWe are going to vote on a revised version of the House-passed Build Back Better Act \u2013 and we will keep voting on it until we get something done.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kVLQGWBCAG\">pic.twitter.com\/kVLQGWBCAG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phil_Mattingly\/status\/1472887511911444480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Manchin cited inflation, supply chain disruptions and the national debt as key factors in his decision. As currently written, Build Back Better would <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/18\/build-back-better-367-billion-congressional-budget-office\/\">add<\/a> $160 billion to the national debt over a ten-year period, and could <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/10\/congressional-budget-office-three-trillion-permanent-programs-joe-biden\/\">add<\/a> as much as $3 trillion if its various programs are made permanent, Congressional Budget Office estimates have found. Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/01\/manchin-blasts-build-back-better\/\">blasted<\/a> the bill\u2019s various sunset provisions for programs that some Democrats have called to be made permanent as \u201cbudget gimmicks\u201d and \u201cshell games.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/19\/jen-psaki-joe-manchin-joe-biden-build-back-better-act\/\">(RELATED: Psaki Accuses Manchin Of Backtracking On Commitments Made To Biden Regarding Build Back Better Act)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Manchin revealed that he would not support Build Back Better, left-wing members of Congress called on him to vote against the bill on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate must return to session immediately and bring this historic and transformational bill to a vote so Senator Manchin\u2014and every Republican who has opposed it from the very beginning\u2014can demonstrate, on the record, the contempt they have for their constituents and for everyone who calls America home,\u201d Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley <a href=\"https:\/\/pressley.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-pressley-s-statement-obstruction-build-back-better-act\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez concurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The Senate must reconvene immediately and bring BBB to a vote regardless of Manchin\u2019s statement. If they forced folks to go on record with BIF [Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework], they can force the Senate to go on record with BBB,\u201d she tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.980225988701\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">100% agree. The Senate must reconvene immediately and bring BBB to a vote regardless of Manchin\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>If they forced folks to go on record with BIF, they can force the Senate to go on record with BBB. We can take it up again next year too.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyannaPressley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AyannaPressley<\/a> is right on. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pPhgsXjO7t\">https:\/\/t.co\/pPhgsXjO7t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1472672642473811971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf Sen. Joe Manchin wants to vote against the Build Back Better Act, he should have the opportunity to do so with a floor vote as soon as the Senate returns,\u201d Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/press-releases\/news-sanders-calls-for-senate-vote-on-build-back-better\/\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin and Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/30\/joe-manchin-1-5-trillion-top-line-spending-number-reconciliation-joe-biden-wants-more\/\">agreed<\/a> in a July note that Manchin would \u201cnot guarantee that he will vote for the final reconciliation legislation\u201d if it exceeded a series of conditions that Manchin laid out, most notably that the bill had to be revenue neutral. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/1e\/ef\/159cabd547868585f9b1a8f06388\/july-28-2021.pdf\">demanded<\/a> spending caps for programs included in the package and means testing for welfare programs.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/joe-manchin-fires-back-after-gloves-off-statement-opposition-bidens-spending-package\/\">blamed<\/a> White House staff for the impasse during a Monday interview on West Virginia Metro News, claiming that aides \u201cput some things out that were absolutely inexcusable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey figured surely to God we can move one person,\u201d Manchin said of left-wing supporters of Build Back Better. \u201cWe surely can badger and beat one person up. Surely we can get enough protesters to make that person uncomfortable enough that they\u2019ll just say, \u2018OK I\u2019ll vote for anything.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema also hasn\u2019t agreed to support the social spending package.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday that the Senate will vote on the Build Back Better Act following demands from left-wing members of Congress.Democratic West Virginia Sen. 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