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Joe Manchin slams the brakes on Biden's agenda again, wants 'greater clarity' on how $1.75 trillion in spending would impact debt

Nov 2, 2021, 01:14 IST
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Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has again slammed the brakes on President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan, saying that he wants "greater clarity" about the plan's impact on the economy.

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"I will not support the reconciliation legislation without knowing how the bill would impact our debt and our economy in our country," the key centrist Democrat said at a press conference Monday.

Manchin, who has repeatedly stalled passage of Biden's agenda, along with fellow centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, said, "We won't know that until we work through the text."

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