The Senate is slated to take a key vote Tuesday to take up government funding that is at risk of failing over a deal cut by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin that has come under sharp criticism from Republicans and liberals – pushback that could be enough to sink the vote and push Congress to […]
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Biden’s 500 billion student loan handout called ‘excessive’ by Manchin
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. called President Biden’s student loan forgiveness initiative “excessive.” Manchin told reporters Tuesday, “I just respectfully disagree on that.” Biden’s student loan forgiveness package is estimated to cost around $500 billion, and the White House says they will pay for it with deficit spending. Read more at Foxnews.com
Will the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ work?
The Democrats’ reconciliation bill has both sides of the partisan divide citing study after study to argue for or against the deal. The bill, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, aims to curb climate change, improve health care, raise certain taxes, and cut the deficit. The problem is sometimes opposite sides are making their cases […]
Manchin jettisons Democrats’ hopes for passing sweeping climate action and tax hikes
Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday dealt a devastating blow to Democrats’ hopes for sweeping legislative action this year, telling Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his staff “unequivocally” that he won’t support the climate or tax provisions of a Democratic economic package, two sources familiar with the talks tell CNN. The two had been negotiating […]
Biden’s ‘Putin Price Hike’ Inflation Excuse is torched by Manchin in scathing statement
t least one Democrat isn’t giving President Joe Biden a free pass for overseeing the worst inflation in 40 years. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia issued a scathing statement on the development on Tuesday, rejecting Biden’s attempts to invoke political excuses for the price squeezes on middle-class Americans. “Let me be clear, inflation is […]
Democrats finally get the memo, inflation is real
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., has groused about inflation since last year. After months of browbeating Manchin for not supporting the Democrats’ social spending package, other Democrats are now finally joining Manchin with their own inflationary concerns. “We have solutions and we’re going to focus like a laser on reducing costs,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck […]