Sen. Manchin Closes The Door On Biden's Build Back Better Plan

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🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, the West Virginia Democrat said he would not support the Build Back Better Act, the centerpiece of President Biden's domestic agenda. The announcement, which came after months of wheel-spinning in Congress, dooms legislation that Biden says would allow the U.S. to curb the climate crisis and better support working families.

Read more: Manchin says Build Back Better's climate measures are risky. That's not true.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and acting congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh.

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