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Joe Manchin the most powerful senator and is this Boris' last stand?

from Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics

Senator Manchin's opposition, along with that of Senator Kyrsten Sinema, effectively kills the Biden administration's hopes of passing Build Back Better before the end of the year.Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, said on Sunday that he couldn't support the legislation, an ambitious package of social policies including prolonging Child Tax Credit, expanding Medicare, instituting paid employee leave, subsidizing child care and early-childhood education, as well as investing in clean energy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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