Pelosi's Latest Move Shows Build Back Better Is Toast as Manchin Delivers Final Blow
By Nick Arama | Nov 04, 2021 10:30 AM ET
In the wake of the red wave that swept Republicans in and handed Democrats a disastrous message, where does that leave Joe Biden’s legislative agenda when the Democrats’ extremism has been so soundly rejected? It’s not looking good for him — more like stick a fork in it, at this point.
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that she would be catering to that extremism even more by her actions after the election.
Pelosi appeared to throw caution to the wind with a challenge to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) by putting paid family leave back into the what is now the $1.75 trillion (by Democratic counting) Build Back Better bill. The White House had ultimately removed that in their final “framework” after pressures from Manchin about costs.
“It had been my intention throughout this process to put on the House floor and pass a bill that would pass the Senate in the same form. Because I have been informed by a senator of opposition to a few of the priorities contained in our bill and because we must have legislation agreed to by the House and the Senate in the final version of the Build Back Better Act that we will send to the President’s desk, we must strive to find common ground in the legislation,” she wrote.
“As we are reviewing priorities and at the urging of many Members of the Caucus, I have asked the Ways and Means Committee for its legislation for Paid Family and Medical Leave to be included in this morning’s hearing.”
The provision is expected to call for four weeks of paid family leave, a senior Democratic aide confirmed to The Post.
Manchin’s response? It shouldn’t be done through reconciliation.
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