Talks between Manchin and Biden are NOT going well on Build Back Better, per source familiar with talks. A huge sticking point: the Child Tax Credit. Manchin wants it cut. Source says he wants to “zero it out.” They are “very far apart,” source says.
This kills any virtually any hope of getting the bill done by Christmas as Schumer had hoped. Biden and Manchin not close to a deal
Strong Democratic pushback to Manchin’s demands to cut CTC. “It’s not going to get zeroed out,” Sen. Sherrod Brown told me. “That’s non-negotiable.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said: “We need the child tax credit. It has cut childhood poverty in America by nearly half.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said: “We need the child tax credit. It has cut childhood poverty in America by nearly half.”
Manchin did not deny that he wants the child tax credit out of BBB. He told reporters that he’s “always” for the child tax credit. “I’m not opposed to the child tax credit.”
But he would not comment when asked if he wants it out of the BBB bill and for it to move separately
But he would not comment when asked if he wants it out of the BBB bill and for it to move separately
More on Manchin’s position:
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1471196369343942667
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