Manchin signals he'll support $1.75T price tag for spending plan

[mystery-ak]

Manchin signals he'll support $1.75T price tag for spending plan
By Jordain Carney - 10/28/21 05:40 PM EDT

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) signaled on Thursday that he could support the $1.75 trillion price tag for Democrats' social spending plan, even as he hasn't said if he supports the overall framework deal.

"We negotiated a good number that we worked off of, and we're all dealing in a good faith," Manchin told reporters.

Asked if $1.75 trillion was too high, Manchin replied: "That was negotiated."


Manchin's comments are his first indication that he supports a $1.75 trillion top line — the size of the framework deal that Biden announced. Democrats are proposing paying for their plan, in part, with tax increases focused on high-income households and corporations.

The top line is dramatically smaller than the $3.5 trillion spending ceiling that Democrats paved the way for with a budget resolution earlier this year that teed up the spending deal. Progressives had hoped for a $6 trillion bill. 

But Manchin's preferred price tag has been substantially smaller. Manchin had said for weeks that he was at $1.5 trillion. Biden then threw out a top line of around $2 trillion, and Democrats over the past week said they hoped to get Manchin to come up to between $1.7 trillion and $2 trillion.

Manchin's suggestion that he helped negotiate the $1.75 trillion top line for the deal on the spending framework comes as he sidestepped several times on Thursday saying if he supports the framework. 

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/579016-manchin-signals-hes-okay-with-175t-spending-framework-price-tag

[Killer Clouds]

Of course he folded like everyone knew he would. He's a good DCP disciple and did what he is commanded to do. Now the blame falls on the RINOs for their part in the bipartisan BS.

[Wingnut]

Of course he folded like everyone knew he would. He's a good DCP disciple and did what he is commanded to do. Now the blame falls on the RINOs for their part in the bipartisan BS.

Dude...I will never get out of the house.  Chill

[Killer Clouds]

Dude...I will never get out of the house.  Chill

Sure it will. The rest of the DCP disciples will do as commanded. It really doesn't matter because anything that was removed will be put into something else at a later date.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Manchin reminds me of the lady in this one

The man asked the lady, “Would you have sex with a stranger if he paid you a million pounds?”

“Yes,” she answered.

“And if he paid you five pounds?”

The irate lady fumed, “What do you think I am?”

“We’ve already established that,” returned the man. “Now we’re trying to determine the price.”

[LegalAmerican]

Still bad!   Typical attorney ploy.....ASK FOR AN IMPOSSIBLE AMOUNT...then later, ONE TRILLION...does not sound so bad.

 STILL BAD AND NO NEED FOR THIS BILL.  NO NEED. 

[LegalAmerican]

Sure it will. The rest of the DCP disciples will do as commanded. It really doesn't matter because anything that was removed will be put into something else at a later date.

 
We see the ploys.