{"id":1187763,"date":"2022-01-04T16:20:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187763"},"modified":"2022-01-04T16:20:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:20:35","slug":"joe-manchin-kills-biden-agenda-again-build-back-better-is-deader-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-kills-biden-agenda-again-build-back-better-is-deader-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Manchin Kills Biden Agenda Again: Build Back Better Is Deader Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-kills-biden-agenda-again-build-back-better-is-deader-than-ever%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=1187763&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\/2022\/01\/JoeM-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has once again killed President Biden\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d agenda, telling reporters on Tuesday that it\u2019s deader than ever.<\/p>\n<p>While the establishment media&nbsp;reported Sunday from two confirmed sources that Manchin was resuming negotiations on Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion reconciliation package, the West Virginia senior told reporters the massive tax and spend plan was still dead.<\/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>\u201cI\u2019m not agreeing to any of this,\u201d Manchin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burgessev\/status\/1478408396407808005\">said<\/a>&nbsp;about changes to the package the media reported.&nbsp;\u201cThere\u2019s been no conversations\u201d with the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxReports\/status\/1478409384350957568?s=20\">reiterated<\/a>&nbsp;his December position: \u201cI feel as strongly today as I did then.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In gaggle with several of us, Manchin makes clear he&#8217;s not on board yet with push to change filibuster rules this month via the nuclear option in order to pass voting legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Also says there have been no talks with the WH on BBB and a lot of work needs to be done still <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MPvf23feth\">pic.twitter.com\/MPvf23feth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1478418996663922689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really not going to talk about Build Back Better \u2026 there is no negotiation going on at this time,\u201d Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burgessev\/status\/1478409917337899017?s=20\">continued<\/a>, according to a <em>Politico<\/em> reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Tuesday reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1478395130449121287?s=20\">acknowledged<\/a> Biden\u2019s agenda is dead \u2013 at least until Senate Democrats attempt to pass legislation to federalize all local elections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Durbin just told us that BBB is paused until after the senate deals w voting rights. That pushes work on the bbb until the last few weeks of January.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1478395130449121287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To federalize all local elections, the senate would need at least 60 \u201cyes\u201d votes in a 50\/50 split Senate. GOP senators oppose federalizing elections. Therefore Senate Democrats have proposed doing away with the filibuster, which would mean the measure could pass with 50 Senate votes.<\/p>\n<p>But Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarrettHaake\/status\/1478408984218554371\">told<\/a> reporters Tuesday canceling the filibuster to only federalize elections is a \u201cheavy lift\u201d and is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1478413262320553987\">not<\/a> his \u201cabsolute preference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the reason I say it\u2019s a heavy lift is once you change a rule or you have a carve out, I\u2019ve always said this \u2013 anytime there\u2019s a carve out, you eat the whole turkey. There\u2019s nothing left because it comes back and forth,\u201d Manchin explained.<\/p>\n<p>Along with 50 GOP senators, Manchin\u2019s opposition to changing filibuster rules and to the massive $1.9 trillion reconciliation package threatens to upend Biden\u2019s most prized legislative items.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has once again killed President Biden\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d agenda, telling reporters on Tuesday that it\u2019s deader than ever. 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