Posted on 09/16/2021 7:51:43 PM PDT by 11th_VA
President Biden failed to convince a key Democratic senator to support his $3.5 trillion spending plan during an Oval Office pow-wow, a report said Thursday.
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia remained firm in his opposition to any budget that costs more than $1.5 trillion, according to Axios.
Biden reportedly tried to persuade Manchin that his opposition to the larger spending measure could endanger a separate $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that is currently awaiting a vote in the House, to no avail.
Despite the vast gulf between Biden and Manchin, Axios reported the meeting was cordial and the two agreed to keep talking.
“Sen. Manchin is an important partner,” said Andrew Bates, deputy White House press secretary, according to the outlet. “We do not discuss the contents of private meetings.”…
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None of it should go through IMO.
great news
I hope eveyone has their Astroglide ready, cuz yer gunna need it.
The cost is the least of this turd. All the commie easter eggs will kill what’s left of the U.S.
Biden is so unpopular there’s really no political consequence for telling him to pound sand.
Haha - she’s being called the RAT version of John McCain - willing to kill ‘progress’ in the Democrat party. Yeah, she’s not bending either - in some ways you might say.
>> Baby steps …
Maybe, maybe not.
Machin is a “conservative” state. Perhaps WV is awaking from its slumber.
Exactly. What about all the other crap in it like making stealing elections legal?
BINGO! Biden is no LBJ who could (before Vietnam War bogged him down) could bring Democrat senators into the Oval Office and lean on them to support legislation. Biden has lost ALL credibility (and power) so he is unable to dissuade Manchin.
Hey Joe!
The check didn’t clear!
Thank God someone here has some hope.
There’s so much...negative feeling that it has become depressing to come here.
Who knows?
We’re all human, and we all have to look ourselves in the mirror every morning.
Some of us get a clue and experience a ‘sea change’ when we actually examine ourselves and think things through.
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