WASHINGTON: Democrat Senator Joe Manchin said that he could not return $ 2 trillion in social safety nets, handling potentially fatal punch to President Joe Biden’s signature law.
Manchin tells “Fox News Sunday” that he has always explained that he has a reservation about the law and that is now, after five and a half months of discussion and negotiations, “I cannot choose to continue with this legislation.” The West Virginia senator quoted many factors that burden the economy and the potential losses he saw from pushing the “mammoth” bill, such as continuous inflation, growing debt and the latest threats from the Omicron variant.
“When you have these things come to you like them now, I always say this …
If I can’t go home and explain it to Virginia vests, I can’t choose it,” he said.
“I tried everything humanely.
I can’t do it,” he said.
“It’s not in this law.
I’ve tried everything I know.” Last week, all Biden but acknowledged that negotiations on the domestic policy package which swept the possibility of pushing to the new year in the middle of the accidental opposition Manchin.
But the President insisted that Manchin reaffirmed his support for the Senator framework, the White House and other Democrats have agreed to lead a leading bill.
On Sunday, Manchin explained that it was Biden’s words, not his.