The week before Christmas, Sen. Joe Manchin III sent the White House a $1.8 trillion counteroffer to President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda that included substantial funds for climate, health-care and education initiatives.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Manchin’s $1.8 trillion spending offer appears no longer to be on the table
The West Virginia Democrat, who has consulted Mitt Romney and Trump’s former economic adviser, had backed climate and education spending, but talks are now on ice
By Jeff Stein
January 8, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EST