A) WH’s Psaki: Senator Manchin’s comments this morning on FOX are at odds with his discussions this week with the President, with White House staff, and with his own public utterances.
B) Psaki: Weeks ago, Senator Manchin committed to the President, at his home in Wilmington, to support the Build Back Better framework that the President then subsequently announced. Senator Manchin pledged repeatedly to negotiate on finalizing that framework “in good faith.”
C) Psaki: On Tuesday of this week, Senator Manchin came to the White House and submitted—to the President, in person, directly—a written outline for a Build Back Better bill that was the same size and scope as the President’s framework, and covered many of the same priorities.
D) Psaki: While that framework was missing key priorities, we believed it could lead to a compromise acceptable to all. Senator Manchin promised to continue conversations in the days ahead, and to work with us to reach that common ground.
E) Psaki: If his comments on FOX and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position, and a breach of his commitments to the President and the Senator’s colleagues in the House and Senate.
F) Psaki: Senator Manchin claims that this change of position is related to inflation, but the think tank he often cites on Build Back Better—the Penn Wharton Budget Institute—issued a report less than 48 hours ago that noted the Build Back Better Act will have…
G) Psaki: ..virtually no impact on inflation in the short term, and, in the long run, the policies it includes will ease inflationary pressures. Many leading economists with whom Senator Manchin frequently consults also support Build Back Better.
H) Psaki: Senator Manchin cited deficit concerns in his statement. But the plan is fully paid for, is the most fiscally responsible major bill that Congress has considered in years, and reduces the deficit in the long run.
I) Psaki: The Congressional Budget Office report that the Senator cites analyzed an unfunded extension of Build Back Better. That’s not what the President has proposed, not the bill the Senate would vote on, and not what the President would support.
J) Psaki: Senator Manchin knows that: The President has told him that repeatedly, including this week, face to face.
K) Psaki: Likewise, Senator Manchin’s statement about the climate provisions in Build Back Better are wrong. Build Back Better will produce a job-creating clean energy future for this country—including West Virginia.
L) Psaki: Just as Senator Manchin reversed his position on Build Back Better this morning, we will continue to press him to see if he will reverse his position yet again, to honor his prior commitments and be true to his word.
M) In the meantime, Senator Manchin will have to explain to those families paying $1,000 a month for insulin why they need to keep paying that, instead of $35 for that vital medicine.
N) Psaki: He will have to explain to the nearly two million women who would get the affordable day care they need to return to work why he opposes a plan to get them the help they need.
O) Psaki: Maybe Senator Manchin can explain to the millions of children who have been lifted out of poverty, in part due to the Child Tax Credit, why he wants to end a program that is helping achieve this milestone—we cannot.
P) Psaki: But we will not relent in the fight to help Americans with their child care, health care, prescription drug costs, and elder care—and to combat climate change. The fight for Build Back Better is too important to give up. We will find a way to move forward next year.

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19 Dec
1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide To What Manchin’s Formal Decision to Oppose BBB Means
2) Here are some key points about the formal announcement Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) made today on Fox News Sunday with Bret Baier regarding his formal opposition to the social spending bill.
3) As I have noted, the Democrats’ legislative eyes were bigger than their parliamentary stomach. They were trying to pass this massive bill with the narrowest of margins in the House and Senate.
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19 Dec
A) Sanders: Sen. Joe Manchin wants to vote against the Build Back Better Act, he should have the opportunity to do so with a floor vote as soon as the Senate returns.
B) Sanders: He should have to explain to West Virginians and the American people why he doesn’t have the courage to stand up to powerful special interests and lower prescription drug costs; expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing and eyeglasses
C) Sanders: He should also have to explain why he is not prepared to demand that millionaires and large corporations start paying their fair share of taxes.
Read 4 tweets
17 Dec
1) Progressive Caucus Chair Jayapal: Delaying passage of Build Back Better until 2022 would have immediate and devastating consequences. It would place the monthly expanded Child Tax Credit at risk, plunging millions into poverty.
2) Jayapal: Progressives have worked diligently with the White House and Senate over the better part of this year to set up for this moment. The version of Build Back Better we passed out of the House was agreed to by nearly every Senator caucusing with the Democrats —
3) Jayapal: (W)e sent it to the upper chamber based on the President’s promise that he could deliver the 50 Senators needed to make it law. We trust the President to follow through on that promise, and that he and the Senate will continue working until he can.
Read 6 tweets
17 Dec
A) Some context here on the Senate Parliamentarian ruling against inclusion of some immigration components in the social spending bill. 

This is essentially the political version of “The Democrats and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”
B) This is a major blow to the left. One of several gut punches today:
C) To wit:
The President formally pulled the plug on BBB for the year. 
Democrats have gotten nowhere on altering the filibuster to pass voting rights in the Senate. 
Then, the Parliamentarian ruled the immigration provisions out of order for the social spending package
Read 6 tweets
16 Dec
1) Biden: I had a productive call with Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer earlier today. I briefed them on the most recent discussions that my staff and I have held with Senator Manchin about Build Back Better.
2) Biden: In these discussions, Senator Manchin has reiterated his support for Build Back Better funding at the level of the framework plan I announced in September. I believe that we will bridge our differences and advance the Build Back Better plan
3) Biden: My team and I are having ongoing discussions with Senator Manchin; that work will continue next week. It takes time to finalize these agreements, prepare the legislative changes, and finish all the parliamentary and procedural steps needed to enable a Senate vote.
Read 5 tweets
16 Dec
1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Fate of Build Back Better and Voting Rights in the Senate P

Chances for Democrats to approve the Build Back Better deal are dimming before Christmas.
2) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has said for weeks the Senate would approve the measure before December 25. Schumer didn’t say that Wednesday.

Schumer doesn’t have the votes - even to launch a debate on the bill. They are running out of track.
3) And, the bill isn’t complete. It’s still undergoing the behind the scenes “Byrd Bath.” This is a mysterious, offstage process where the Senate Parliamentarian decides what is in and what is out of the bill - in order to qualify for special budget rules.
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