Joe Manchin Reveals Democrats Will Likely Miss Reconciliation’s Halloween DeadlineWendell Husebø 19 Oct 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Monday told reporters Democrats will likely miss the Halloween deadline for passing the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
“There is an awful lot going on. I don’t know how that would happen,” Manchin said in relation to the reconciliation package. Manchin also suggested Democrats should have a “meeting of the minds.”
Manchin did meet with socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Monday to find common ground on the expensive welfare package that would likely produce the largest increase in the size of government since the 1960s.
“There’s 52 senators who don’t agree, OK, and there’s two that want to work something out if possible in the most rational, reasonable way,” Manchin told reporters after the meeting. The two senators then posed for a photo together to seemingly show party unity.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) told the Hill the delay is making him “anxious” the package will fail because 52 senators oppose the measure despite the White House’s pressure on congressional members to pass the bill.
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