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Democratic lawmakers applaud Biden’s personal attention as a game-changing development at a critical time.
“Those who negotiate publicly, I think it’s fair to say, are the hardest votes to get,” the senator said. Tim Kaine
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“This is really important for the Biden administration and therefore everything is covered,” he added about the efforts to get the two support points to support the reconciliation package.
Kaine noted that Biden “has a strong personal relationship with Manchin.”
“Both Joe and Kyrsten really want to [Biden] to be a successful president. (A) It is good for the country. (B) It is good for their states. (C) It’s good for their own politics, “Kaine added.
While the White House has been involved in negotiations with the Senate majority leader Charles Schumer
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
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“The president certainly believes that there will be ongoing discussions, not that there will necessarily be a conclusion,” he told White House reporters.
John LaBombard, a spokesman for Sinema, called Wednesday’s meeting “productive.”
“Kyrsten continues to work in good faith with his colleagues and President Biden as this legislation is developed,” he said.
Biden, who spent decades in the Senate before becoming vice president, met separately with each senator in an apparent effort to maximize the effect of their personal involvement.
He sat down with Sinema around ten in the morning and met with Manchin several hours later.
Manchin was seen entering the White House at 5:30 p.m. with a blue jacket, gray pants and rubber-soled boat shoes.
The prospects of spending the entire $ 3.5 trillion human infrastructure package have suffered several setbacks in recent weeks, largely due to Manchin and Sinema.
The two senators raised red flags over the price of the bill, and Manchin has criticized specific provisions such as the Clean Electricity Performance Program, which would provide $ 150 billion to divert electricity services from coal to renewable energy sources. .
Manchin called for a “strategic break” on the bill in a Wall Street Journal published with the headline “Why I Can’t Endure Spending $ 3.5 Billion More.”
“Ignoring the fiscal consequences of our political decisions will create a disastrous future for the next generation of Americans,” he warned.
Sinema has also threatened to vote against a $ 3.5 trillion spending bill, although it has pledged to “work in good faith to develop this legislation with my colleagues and the administration.”
On the other side of the Capitol, Democrats suffered a severe blow with the drafting of their reconciliation bill Wednesday when three Democrats from the House Energy and Commerce Committee (representatives). Kurt Schrader
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Separately, Rep. Stephanie Murphy
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Manchin reiterated his concerns with the massive reconciliation bill at a noon meeting of the Democratic Senate caucus. The comments, however, fell flat with colleagues.
“We are frustrated with Manchin,” said a Democratic senator who attended the meeting. “It’s not like the president avoided him. He has reached Manchin before. No one has caught the attention of the White House anymore. “
The lawmaker said Manchin repeated some of the arguments he made in The Wall Street Journal and during appearances on CNN’s “State of the Union” and NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“The $ 64,000 question is: what is its end? We don’t know, “the legislator said.” Part of what Biden is trying to figure out is, where does Manchin want to go? “
On Tuesday, Manchin questioned the need to spend $ 150 billion on weaning coal-fired power plants when there are already many private sector incentives to do so.
“Why should we pay for utilities to do what they are already doing? We are in transition. Fifty percent of our power came from coal in 2000. Twenty years later, [it’s] 19%, “he told reporters.
Manchin also said he is concerned about the reliability of relying entirely on renewable energy sources.
Senate Democrats have been frustrated by what they see as Manchin’s “vague” demands of what the reconciliation bill should look like.
Nor did they appreciate the double-edged criticism of their Wall Street Journal opinion that caught them unawares during the August break.
“I was in one [congressional delegation trip] abroad with several colleagues when we read the opinion and got scared, ”said another Democratic senator, who asked for anonymity to discuss the internal dynamics of the democratic group.
Manchin said Democrats were “running” to spend an additional $ 3.5 trillion without fully understanding the possible ramifications of their actions. He warned that the bill could leave the federal government with few resources to respond to the pandemic if it gets worse due to viral mutations or if there is another financial crisis like the Great Recession.
While some Democratic strategists have privately complained that Biden has not submitted more public sales in the name of his human infrastructure proposal, Democratic senators say they are glad the president has left talks on Capitol Hill without much interference.
Kaine said “it’s really important” that Biden get personally involved in trying to convince Manchin and Sinema to join the reconciliation bill.
“There’s a time when you get involved and now is that time,” he said.
Kaine said Biden’s intervention in negotiations on the $ 1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by the Senate last month was “very critical” of keeping him on track.
Whip of the majority of the Senate Dick Durbin
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“This conversation is important,” he said.
Alex Gangitano contributed.