A day after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., appeared to torpedo chances of its passage, the Senate majority leader said he still intends to bring the Biden administration’s proposed $2 trillion social and climate program bill up for a vote next year.
In a letter to Senate Democrats, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote that “the Senate will, in fact, consider the Build Back Better Act, very early in the new year so that every Member of this body has the opportunity to make their position known on the Senate floor, not just on television.”
The reference to television was a not-so-veiled jab at Manchin, who announced he would vote no on the measure during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
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