{"id":834216,"date":"2021-10-01T06:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T10:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=834216"},"modified":"2021-10-01T08:50:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T12:50:41","slug":"sen-sinema-doubles-down-on-not-supporting-3-5-trillion-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-sinema-doubles-down-on-not-supporting-3-5-trillion-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Sinema Doubles Down on Not Supporting $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill"},"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\">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%2Fsen-sinema-doubles-down-on-not-supporting-3-5-trillion-spending-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=834216&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--><p>Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) doubled down on her position not to support\u00a0the Democratic leadership\u2019s $3.5 trillion spending bill on Sept. 30, while claiming that she had raised concerns about the bill with Democratic leaders in August.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Sinema joined Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in indicating that they would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/house-delays-vote-on-3-5-trillion-budget-bill-as-democrats-struggle-to-reach-deal_4026444.html\">not back the bill\u00a0without adjustments<\/a>.\u00a0Both votes are critical to the bill\u2019s passage, and they have long maintained that the price tag is too high.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin said\u00a0that he would not support any bill that costs more than $1.5 trillion, adding that\u00a0if Democrats wanted to do more \u201cthey can run on the rest of it later,\u201d and that \u201cthere\u2019s many ways to get where they want to, just not [by] doing everything at one time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin also said that he had shared his $1.5 trillion figure with President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Sinema said publicly more than two months ago, before Senate passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, that she would not support a bill costing $3.5 trillion,\u201d Sinema\u2019s office said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorSinema\/status\/1443630876362002432\">statement shared on her Twitter account.<\/a> \u201cIn August, she shared detailed concerns and priorities, including dollar figures, directly with Senate Majority Leader [Chuck] Schumer and the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaims that the Senator has not detailed her views to President Biden and Senator Schumer are false,\u201d\u00a0she added. \u201cWhile we do not negotiate through the press\u2014because Sen. Sinema respects the integrity of those direct negotiations\u2014she continues to engage directly in good-faith discussions with both President Biden and Sen. Schumer to find common ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement was in response to some Democrats calling for\u00a0clarity from\u00a0Manchin and Sinema after they had\u00a0back-to-back meetings with President Joe Biden\u00a0regarding the bill; stating they had no idea what both senators were asking for in negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) even went as far as to brand\u00a0Manchin and\u00a0Sinema \u201cRepublicans\u201d during an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1442639781624782852\">interview with\u00a0CNN<\/a> while urging them to \u201cbe\u00a0united behind the President\u2019s agenda\u201d and have \u201curgent conversations on how to get this agenda done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin told reporters Wednesday that he believes the\u00a0$1.5 trillion figure was the most the government could do without \u201cjeopardiz[ing] our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-economy\">economy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also noted it will\u00a0take \u201ca while\u201d to work out the specific changes needed to pass the broad measures proposed in the Biden-backed \u201cBuild Back Better Act,\u201d which was not drafted in a bipartisan fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin and Sinema\u2019s votes are crucial to the passing of the trillion-dollar package which has repeatedly hit stalemates in Congress in recent weeks as Republicans and Democrats share differing views on everything from\u00a0taxes, health, climate change as well as the overall price tag.<\/p>\n<p><em>Isabel van Brugen contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ttl7dayERL_WEB_KatabellaRoberts.jpg\" alt=\"Katabella Roberts\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Katabella Roberts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katabella Roberts is a reporter currently based in Turkey. She covers news and business for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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