93% of West Virginia's children need Joe Manchin to vote for Build Back Better before Jan. 15
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer continued to press his Democratic colleagues to get the budget reconciliation bill that includes President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan passed in the next two weeks during his opening floor statement Tuesday. He an93% of West Virginia's children need Joe Manchin to vote for Build Back Better before Jan. 15
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer continued to press his Democratic colleagues to get the budget reconciliation bill that includes President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan passed in the next two weeks during his opening floor statement Tuesday. He announced his intent to push the bill through quickly in a letter to Democrats Monday, and assured them in his floor statement Tuesday that he is progressing toward that goal. That was ahead of an all-conference lunch, a Tuesday fixture in the Senate, where the members tend to fight these kinds of things out. “Senate Democrats continue our work to pass President Biden’s Build Back Better Act before Christmas,” he said on the floor. “[S]ticking to our deadline will be worth it for one simple reason: At its core, Build Back Better is the best shot we’ve had in decades to help families lower costs, to cut taxes for working and middle class Americans, and create good paying jobs while fighting the climate crisis.” He added for West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin’s benefit, “economists from across the ideological spectrum have said, it will not—will not—worsen inflation, something we are seeing happening across the world, not just in the U.S.” Manchin has reverted to that complaint despite the fact that it has been debunked loudly and repeatedly for weeks now, and that economic indicators point to inflation cooling along with the supply chain getting back to normal function. Manchin apparently has extremely selective senses when it comes to reality. “I haven’t seen that. I’ve heard that. I don’t know how you control inflation when there’s the first year of spending that will be quite large. It’s an awful lot more federal dollars going at a time of uncertainty.” There’s a damned good reason for Congress to get this done before the end of the year—the expanded Child Tax Credit payments will end as monthly payments with the checks sent Dec. 15 unless this is done before then. The stakes are pretty huge for the majority of America’s families. Read more