Sen. Joe Manchin demands progressives to pass the infrastructure package, but declines support for a spending bill
Sen. Joe Manchin said Monday he's still not ready to back the $1.75 trillion spending bill proposed by fellow Democrats, but slammed progressives in his party who are refusing to vote for a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package while he makes up his mind, saying they are holding the legislation"hostage."Washington. Manchin said he wants to take more time to review how the spending bill would impact inflation and the national debt.
Progressive Democrats in the House have said they will not vote for the infrastructure package until they have clarity on whether the spending bill will pass the Senate, but neither Manchin nor Sen. Kyrsten Sinema have said they would vote for the bill in its current form—and Democrats need the support of both for the bill to pass.
Democrats are using the budget reconciliation process to pass the spending bill, but it has no Republican support, meaning all 50 Democratic senators will need to vote for the bill to get the simple majority needed for it to pass the Senate. Manchin insisted he has “worked in good faith for three months” in order to reach a compromise on the spending bill, but said “compromise is not good enough for a lot of my colleagues in Congress—it's all or nothing.”“Holding this bill hostage is not going to work in getting my support for the reconciliation bill,” Manchin said.
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