Manchin cast doubt on deal this week for $3.5T spending bill
By Jordain Carney - 09/27/21 07:35 PM EDT
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday appeared to pour cold water on Democratic leadership's hopes of reaching a deal on a sweeping spending bill in time for a Thursday vote on the Senate-passed infrastructure bill.
Manchin, asked if he considered Thursday a deadline for working out an agreement on the sweeping social spending package, appeared skeptical.
“I don’t know how you could. I don't know. It’s so complicated and so convoluted. ...We’re looking at every aspect we can. ...We want to be fair with everybody," Manchin said about having a deal on a framework for the bill worked out by Thursday.
Manchin told CNN earlier Monday that hitting a Thursday deadline would be a "heavy lift."
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