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In today's show, the one reason why you shouldn't expect to see build back better in 2021.

This is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

I suppose it's a fitting end to a year dominated by two Senate Democrats who are at the center

of pretty much everything in 2021.

Joe Manchin and Kirsten Cinema have all but put the kibosh on two major proposals.

Their own party was hoping to pass before the holiday break.

First, Manchin's talks with President Joe Biden overbuilded back better in a brick wall.

Earlier this week, Senate Democrats were looking to the president to bring Joe Manchin around.

Instead, our very own Burgess Everett, Alex Thompson, and Jonathan Lemire report

that their discussions have gone so poorly that they're straining their friendly relationship.

Here's a quote from the story, frustration among White House aides with the mansion is high and growing.

And while Biden likes Mention personally, he too has gone tired of the elongated talks and will soon push him to make a decision and support the legislation.

That's why Senate Democrats are now bracing for BBB talks to drag into the next year, when they'll need to move quickly before

election season kicks into high gear and makes passage impossible.

As Bloomberg noted in their latest write-up of the drama, Senate Majority Leader Chuck

Schumer didn't reiterate his Christmas deadline yesterday for the first time in a while.

Second, after realizing the BBB challenges with Mansion, Senate Democrats this week did an about-face on their topic de jure.

They started eyeing a Senate rule change that would enable passage of a long-stalled voting rights bill.

But just when it seemed like Mention might be softening in on the issue,

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