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When ‘Build Back Better’ Died, so Did Climate Legislation.
Democrats are doing incalculable damage.
As I’m sure most of us who follow politics have seen, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin recently confirmed what we all knew was going to happen the moment Democrats in the House voted on the Infrastructure bill: the Build Back Better agenda is dead.
Rachel Bade, Garrett Ross, and Eli Okun with Politico write:
“The scene on Capitol Hill today perfectly encapsulated the Democrats’ internal dynamics right now: Sen. RON WYDEN (D-Ore.) was talking to reporters just before lunch about how he was certain that Dems could all find common ground on Build Back Better, specifically name-checking Sen. JOE MANCHIN of West Virginia.
Moments later, Insider reporter Joseph Zeballos-Roig caught sight of Manchin himself and decided to break away from the Wyden gaggle to ask whether raising the cap on SALT deductions should go in BBB.
Manchin’s response: “What Build Back Better bill? There is no … I mean, I don’t know what y’all are talking about.”
Asked if he is engaged in talks on the bill, Manchin seemed to get a bit peeved: “No, no, no, no. It’s dead.”…”
“No, no, no, no. It’s dead.”
