{"id":1457274,"date":"2022-04-28T17:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T21:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457274"},"modified":"2022-04-28T17:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T21:59:47","slug":"fmr-harry-reid-aide-anyone-who-thinks-congress-can-revive-build-back-better-is-taking-too-many-edibles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-harry-reid-aide-anyone-who-thinks-congress-can-revive-build-back-better-is-taking-too-many-edibles\/","title":{"rendered":"Fmr Harry Reid Aide: Anyone Who Thinks Congress Can Revive \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 Is \u2018Taking Too Many Edibles\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\">36<\/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%2Ffmr-harry-reid-aide-anyone-who-thinks-congress-can-revive-build-back-better-is-taking-too-many-edibles%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=1457274&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240251234.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A top aide to the late former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told Politico that the path forward for President Joe Biden\u2019s signature domestic agenda \u2014 Build Back Better \u2014 was murky, at best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven how dysfunctional Congress is right now, someone is taking too many edibles if they think they can deal with a slimmed-down [Build Back Better] in July or August,\u201d Reid\u2019s former aide Jim Manley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/27\/biden-manchin-domestic-agenda-00028225\">told the outlet<\/a>. \u201cCongress simply can\u2019t deal with it. It\u2019s now or never and leaning towards never.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration hit a major roadblock in mid-December when Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) told Fox News anchor Bret Baier that he could not in good faith <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-a-no-joe-manchin-says-he-cannot-vote-to-continue-on-build-back-better\/\">move forward with a bill<\/a> that he worried would only add to the current inflation problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith my family, I know everyone is concerned, so when you have these things coming at you the way they are right now, I\u2019ve always said this, Bret: if I can\u2019t go home and explain it to the people of West Virginia, I can\u2019t vote for it, and I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can\u2019t. I\u2019ve tried everything humanly possible, I can\u2019t get there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf I can\u2019t go home and explain it to the people of West Virginia, I can\u2019t vote for it \u2026 this is a no.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sen_JoeManchin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sen_JoeManchin<\/a> announced on Fox News Sunday that he will not vote for the Build Back Better bill. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FBaz0zDg6h\">pic.twitter.com\/FBaz0zDg6h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/1472604692584796161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the weeks since, Manchin and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/thats-bulls-don-lemon-unloads-on-sinema-and-manchin-for-celebrating-mlk-while-blocking-election-overhaul\/\">blocked<\/a> a White House-backed move to change Senate rules \u2014 marking a carveout in the filibuster \u2014 in an effort to pass two bills overhauling the election process at the federal level.<\/p>\n<p>The problem, as Politico noted, is that as the 2022 midterm elections loom ever closer, Democrats could easily move from the very slim majority to the minority on Capitol Hill \u2014 and that could spell the end of Biden\u2019s Build Back Better altogether. But to get that legislation moving again before the midterms means negotiating with Manchin, Sinema, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Despite prior <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/a-breach-of-his-commitments-jen-psaki-unloads-on-manchin-after-he-says-no-to-build-back-better\/\">statements<\/a> from White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki \u2014 who accused Manchin of negotiating in bad faith when he effectively killed Build Back Better last year \u2014 the White House says there is no bad blood moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone expressing those sentiments is not speaking for the White House,\u201d spokesman Andrew Bates said, asserting that all conversations with Manchin have been \u201cclear and in good faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/manchin-shrugs-off-build-back-better-revival-knocks-bidens-plan-to-lower-inflation-with-more-spending\/\">told reporters<\/a> earlier in the week that he believed the Senate should be focused on a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/finance\/3463842-manchin-scaled-down-bill-should-focus-on-inflation-debt-reduction\/\">much smaller package<\/a> that was specifically targeted to get record-breaking inflation levels under control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReconciliation to me is about getting inflation under control, paying down this debt, getting a handle on what\u2019s going on,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing formal. There\u2019s no false hopes here. There\u2019s nothing. As far as Build Back Better, there\u2019s no talk about any of that. Just saying, how do we get a handle on inflation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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