Jen Psaki today on what Biden's phone call with Manchin will be:
“The president looks forward to speaking directly with Sen. Manchin and making the case for why the president feels this legislation should move forward.
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“The president looks forward to speaking directly with Sen. Manchin and making the case for why the president feels this legislation should move forward.
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"He feels that their conversations have always operated in good faith, and he expects this to follow that same approach.
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"I would note that Sen. Manchin has been in touch over the course of the last several weeks closely with senior members of the White House staff and we expect this just to be a continuation of that conversation.”
On negotiations:
“I will let [Manchin] speak for himself and again the president looks forward to communicating directly with him this afternoon…I wouldn't see this as a negotiating table as much as a conversation between two people
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“I will let [Manchin] speak for himself and again the president looks forward to communicating directly with him this afternoon…I wouldn't see this as a negotiating table as much as a conversation between two people
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"who have been in public life for some time and have had good faith discussions directly, and this is just a continuation of that.”
Re Manchin's inflation "concerns":
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Re Manchin's inflation "concerns":
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“It's not just us, a range of economists, 17 Nobel laureates who have conveyed this will help address inflation over the long term… It's about how we lower costs for the American people … this Build Back Better plan will help lower costs for people across the country.
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"That is fundamentally what it will do, so we will continue to make that case publicly and privately to Sen. Manchin as well."
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