In a sign that Dem leaders and WH need to give bipartisan infrastructure talks more time, Manchin told me he's not ready to pull the plug on talks -- and he's not ready to back a go-it-alone budget plan to implement much of Biden’s agenda.
"Hell no, we're not pulling the plug”
"Hell no, we're not pulling the plug”
Asked when he would consider enough to be enough, Manchin said: "You've been around here long enough, it's never enough."
Manchin also pushed back at suggestion that it's time to pass the $3.5T budget plan if the $1.2 trillion bipartisan deal falls apart.
"I would say that if the bipartisan infrastructure bill falls apart, everything falls apart.”
"I would say that if the bipartisan infrastructure bill falls apart, everything falls apart.”
Manchin added: “If one falls part, how do you do the other one, how does the other become more important?"
Romney says the discussions will now turn to Portman and WH adviser Steve Richetti to see if they can resolve differences.
"That's the next step," Romney said of Portman-Ricchetti talks.
"There are a lot of issues that have to be worked out one-by-one." cnn.com/2021/07/26/pol…
"That's the next step," Romney said of Portman-Ricchetti talks.
"There are a lot of issues that have to be worked out one-by-one." cnn.com/2021/07/26/pol…
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