Manchin Defends Build Back Better Decision, Fires Back at White House
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is followed by reporters as he leaves a caucus meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol Building on Dec. 17, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
By Charlie McCarthy | Monday, 20 December 2021 02:20 PM
Sen Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., fired back at the White House on Monday, a day after President Joe Biden's press secretary slammed the moderate Democrat for saying he would not back the Build Back Better legislation.
Manchin told a West Virginia media outlet that Democrats erred in thinking they could pressure him into backing Biden's roughly $2 trillion social spending and climate plan.
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