{"id":831565,"date":"2021-09-30T13:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=831565"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:28:34","slug":"manchin-confirms-1-5-trillion-is-his-top-line-spending-number-for-reconciliation-package-says-biden-wants-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-confirms-1-5-trillion-is-his-top-line-spending-number-for-reconciliation-package-says-biden-wants-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin Confirms $1.5 Trillion Is His Top-Line Spending Number For Reconciliation Package, Says Biden Wants More"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fmanchin-confirms-1-5-trillion-is-his-top-line-spending-number-for-reconciliation-package-says-biden-wants-more%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=831565&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>Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin confirmed Thursday that he proposed a $1.5 trillion maximum spending number for the reconciliation package Democrats are trying to pass.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin, a key holdout to the hefty $3.5 trillion bill, proposed a $1.5 trillion deal to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the summer, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/30\/manchin-proposed-15t-topline-number-to-schumer-this-summer-514803\">reported<\/a> Thursday. Manchin has been openly critical of the spending bill, advising members of his caucus earlier in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/02\/joe-manchin-democrats-pause-3-5-trillion-budget\/\">September<\/a> to \u201chit the pause button\u201d and raising concerns over its price tag.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s long been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/scoop-manchin-backs-as-little-as-1-trillion-of-bidens-35-trillion-plan-91d079e0-84a7-4f8f-94d4-212827a61339.html\">reported<\/a> that Manchin\u2019s top line falls far below the $3.5 trillion proposal, Thursday\u2019s reporting revealed that the Democratic senator compiled a physical one-page document outlining his ideal cost as well as various conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s document suggested raising the corporate tax rate to 25% and raising the top tax rate on income to 39.6%, according to Politico, which obtained a copy of the document. Manchin and Schumer signed the document, which noted that the former lawmaker \u201cdoes not guarantee that he will vote for the final reconciliation legislation if it exceeds the conditions outlined in this agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer wrote a note on the document vowing to \u201ctry to change Joe [Biden] on some of these,\u201d Politico reported. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/joe-manchin-reconciliation-hyde-amendment-pramila-jayapal\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp;\u2018The Definition Of Fiscal Insanity\u2019: Manchin Slams Reconciliation Price Tag, Demands Hyde Amendment Reinstatement)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Manchin confirmed the number to reporters Thursday, and said Biden is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevenportnoy\/status\/1443617471286726658?s=20\">aware<\/a> of his $1.5 trillion top-line. This is the first time the senator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeKhalilTV\/status\/1443618230732480527?s=20\">shared<\/a> the number publicly with the press.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.16077170418\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Newsy Manchin: Told a group of us $1.5 trillion is his number.<\/p>\n<p>Doesn\u2019t explicitly say he won\u2019t go higher. But made clear to Biden that was his ceiling. Biden told him he wants more.<\/p>\n<p>Says this is going to take time<br \/>Says he\u2019s no liberal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sEeOkwE68F\">pic.twitter.com\/sEeOkwE68F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1443623186420097029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Manchin noted that the president wanted \u201ca lot more than\u201d that. The White House has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/government-shutdown-news-09-29-21\/h_d2789da706628bb02e4bf947962b53c2\">evasive<\/a> on whether Manchin or Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, another <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/28\/kyrsten-sinema-reconciliation-infrastructure-rashida-tlaib\/\">holdout<\/a>, had given Biden a solid number that they\u2019d accept for the package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would point you again to Sen. Sinema and Sen. Manchin,\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/government-shutdown-news-09-29-21\/h_d2789da706628bb02e4bf947962b53c2\">said<\/a> Wednesday. \u201cWe knew that it would be a compromise, and that\u2019s exactly what it is. And as you know, the President has spent a great bit of time, relatively so, but given nothing more precious than the time of the President of the United States over the last two days engaging with each of these senators about the path forward. But I would leave it to them to describe what they\u2019re comfortable with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin also said that if Democrats want a higher price tag, they should get more progressives elected.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cFor them to get theirs, elect more liberals. I\u2019m willing to come from 0 to $<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">1.5<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">,\u201d Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burgessev\/status\/1443615514257989639?s=20\">said<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin confirmed Thursday that he proposed a $1.5 trillion maximum spending number for the reconciliation package Democrats are trying to pass.Manchin, a key holdout to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-831565","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\/831565","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831565\/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=831565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}