Washington: US President Joe Biden acknowledged on Thursday that he might not be able to push through large social spending bills that were very important for his inheritance as fast as he expected.
Referring to the hard talk he had been holding recently with Democrats Joe Machin, a senator from the West Virginia state who was dominated by the Republic and the voting was the key to passing the bill, Biden said: “It takes time to complete this agreement, Prepare for legislative changes, and complete all parliamentary and procedural steps needed to enable the sound of the Senate.
“” We will advance this work together for several days and the coming weeks, “he said in a statement.
In other words, the initial hopes of the President of Democratic – to have a definitive bill chosen before the end of the year – it seems to fade.
“I believe that we will bridge our differences and advance the build back a better plan, even in the face of the opposition the ferocious Republic,” he said about his conversation with Manchin.
Better Build Bill aims to channel $ 1.75 trillion to reduce childcare costs and drugs, support the purchasing power of households and invest in transition to clean energy.
Manchin considers the project too expensive and argues that it will further inflation fuel, is now a major concern for Biden and US consumers.
The progressive wing of the Democratic Party has been angry at the attention of the White House has given birth to moderate Manchin to win it to support the bill.
Facing the risk of fracture in the most thin parliamentary majority, the President has used another middle board of its election campaign, which is very loved by civil rights activists: Protecting the rights of minority elections that have been threatened by reforms in many conservatives.
“We want and we have to get the text ‘rebuilding better’,” Biden said.
“At the same time, we need to move forward to the voting law and move forward as soon as possible.
Our democracy depends on it,” he said.
Joe Biden acknowledges that social expenditure bills will likely be delayed
