The President, an ex-US Senator, seems to be ok to take whatever the West Virginia Democratic Senator tells him and fellow Democrats to take….
That may get him a half a loaf….
But it ain’t gonna get hima lot a applause from fellow Democrats….
Manchin has since siad he’d consider voting for more stuff in the current package he has widdled down later….
With Midterm elections about 4 montsh away?
There isn’t gonna be much of a later and they ALL know THAT…
President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed a deal all but demanded by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to tackle prescription drug reform and health care subsidies and leave climate change matters to a latter, uncertain date.
In a statement issued by the White House, Biden pledged to tackle climate change and clean energy through executive action, should Congress not act legislatively. But he also asked Senate leadership to pass a narrow bill that would “give Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices and to prevent an increase in health insurance premiums for millions of families,” and to do so before the August recess.
That timeframe is an informal commitment to pass a package along the lines of what Manchin has pushed for. The West Virginia Democrat told party leadership this week that he would not support a larger bill that included climate provisions and tax increases. He clarified on Friday that he might be able to support those measures but only after July’s inflation report comes in. That would require Congress to wait until after the August recess with continued uncertainty if Manchin would even support the final measure….