July 15, 2022: Manchin delivers ‘crushing blow’ to Dem agenda
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🗓️ 15 July 2022
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| 0:00.0 | Presented by Farma. |
| 0:02.0 | Hey, good morning, Playbookers and Ragu Minnavalin. It's Friday. |
| 0:05.0 | Senator Joe Manchin just killed any chance of a big reconciliation deal. |
| 0:09.0 | So, what next? |
| 0:10.0 | It's your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing. |
| 0:17.0 | Late Thursday night, Senator Jill Manchin effectively killed any chance of major climate-related |
| 0:23.3 | provisions making their way into Democrats' reconciliation package. |
| 0:27.5 | Tony Rome and Jeff Stein from the Washington Post refers to the report that the West |
| 0:31.3 | Virginian told party leaders that, quote, he would not support an economic package that |
| 0:35.9 | contains new spending on climate change |
| 0:37.6 | or includes new tax increases targeting wealthy Americans or corporations, marking a massive |
| 0:42.8 | setback for party lawmakers who had hoped to advance a central element of their agenda before |
| 0:47.6 | the midterm elections this fall. |
| 0:49.6 | Here's what else he said, quote, Mention told Democratic leaders he was open to changing federal |
| 0:53.5 | laws that might lower prescription drug costs for seniors and the West Virginia moderate express support for extended subsidies that will help keep health insurance costs down for millions of Americans for the next two years. |
| 1:05.5 | From Jeff Stein from the Washington Post, quote, worth recapping just how much has fallen out of a possible reconciliation deal since |
| 1:11.8 | this all started. Universal pre-K. Child care, public housing, paid family leave, dental, |
| 1:17.8 | vision care for seniors, free community college, child tax credit, climate plans, and a lot of other |
| 1:23.4 | stuff I can't even remember now. From Politico, quote, his move leaves a slim health care |
| 1:27.9 | focused bill as the only option for Democrats who have long hoped for far more expansive |
| 1:32.9 | legislation. The move sparked deep frustrations from progressives, particularly those who saw |
| 1:38.4 | Democrats control of Congress and the White House as a long-sought opportunity to rein in carbon |
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