Is Manchin Cracking?
By Nick Arama | Oct 05, 2021 7:30 PM ET
Back in July, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) signed an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
There were a few things in the deal, which you can read here, but chief among them was that his top line number was $1.5 trillion.
Here he is last week saying he’s already moved on this — to come from zero up to $1.5 trillion, so why do the progressives think that he should be the one to move?
https://twitter.com/TheFirstonTV/status/1443651205935284233Manchin also called the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill “fiscal insanity” and ripped the crazy spending to shreds.
But today, Manchin gave evidence that he might be willing to move off that top-line number.
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