The White House’s staff put out “inexcusable” proposals and programs in the $1.85 trillion Build Back Better Act (BBB), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) has said during in an interview with a West Virginia radio station. Manchin kicked off a panic among Democrats on Dec. 19 when he announced in a Fox News Sunday interview that he would not be giving his crucial support to the BBB in the Senate. “This is a mammoth piece of legislation and I had my reservations from the beginning,” Manchin told host Brett Bauer. Despite working with President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) “every minute of every day” to make the bill agreeable, Manchin said he simply could not give the almost $2 trillion bill his support. “I’ve done everything humanly possible [to make the bill work],” Manchin insisted, but noted that his oft-restated concerns …
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