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Manchin: Biden 'went completely insane on me' over American Rescue Plan opposition
https://www.yahoo.com/news/manchin-biden-went-completely-insane-214542221.htmlWest Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (I) said President Biden “went completely insane on me” over the senator’s initial opposition to the American Rescue Plan, the president’s first major piece of legislation.
“I was going to kill the whole bill. Then the president went completely insane on me,” Manchin said in an interview with news outlet Semafor that was published Thursday.
The centrist senator said he told congressional Democrats and Biden to “at least draw some things back” in the legislation to allow Americans to “get back to work quicker.”
Eventually, Democrats in Congress passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package with no Republican votes through reconciliation. Manchin, who is set to retire from the upper chamber at the end of his term, was initially against voting for the spending package, but after Democrats made adjustments to the extended unemployment benefits, he came around.
When reflecting on the relief package, Manchin said in the interview that he should have voted against it due to the bill’s size. He told Semafor he backed the package to exhibit respect to Biden.
“I was going to kill the whole bill. Then the president went completely insane on me,” Manchin said in an interview with news outlet Semafor that was published Thursday.
The centrist senator said he told congressional Democrats and Biden to “at least draw some things back” in the legislation to allow Americans to “get back to work quicker.”
Eventually, Democrats in Congress passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package with no Republican votes through reconciliation. Manchin, who is set to retire from the upper chamber at the end of his term, was initially against voting for the spending package, but after Democrats made adjustments to the extended unemployment benefits, he came around.
When reflecting on the relief package, Manchin said in the interview that he should have voted against it due to the bill’s size. He told Semafor he backed the package to exhibit respect to Biden.
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