Manchin Proposed $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill

“Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) proposed a deal to Senate Majority Chuck Schumer (D-NY) this summer to limit the total cost of Democrats’ sweeping spending bill to $1.5 trillion,” according to a copy of the agreement obtained by Politico.

“Manchin also suggested beginning debate no earlier than Oct. 1.”

“The West Virginia senator has been distributing the document to Democratic colleagues and leaders in recent days to underscore that he has outlined his red lines on President Joe Biden’s jobs and families plan. The one-page understanding is dated July 28, right before the Senate passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill that Manchin helped write and ahead of Senate passage of a budget setting up a spending bill as large as $3.5 trillion.”