Thread by @mkraju

Spoke with Manchin tonight about why and Biden are at odds over BBB
- Manchin said bill must not exceed $1.75T
- Said that he's objecting to a one-year extension of child tax credit because he believes it hides true cost since will likely be extended. Said it should be 10 years

- But extending it for the next decade would blow up the price tag and would require wholesale changes of a bill. He said that if it increases the price tag and they want to keep the CTC, Democrats should drop other programs in order to make it all fit under $1.75 trillion.

"We have $1.75 to work within. And the only thing I’m saying is whatever – I’m not in charge so whatever they have to choose, they have to choose. It’s not me," he said.

"I’m saying 10 for 10. If you're gonna do something, let’s do it, let’s commit to it. I’m committed."

Manchin would not say if he had previously agreed to a one-year extension of the child tax credit with WH, as some Dems indicated on Wednesday.
But he said "I believe" in the CTC and he supports. If it moves separately from BBB, he said it would take down the total spending

Yet asked if a one-year CTC extension is a red-line, Manchin said: “I’m not saying that, I never say ‘can't,’ ‘won't,’ this and that. This is all a negotiation, you know? But you know, some of the things we got to be responsible about,” referring to the debt

Asked Manchin about the fact that — as a senator — he could vote against a future extension if he agreed to a one-year CTC extension now. “The only thing I'm talking about, and I've been saying it from day one, let's be responsible, be fiscally responsible.”