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Manchin Tanks Biden’s Social Spending Bill

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he won’t sup­port his par­ty’s “Build Back Bet­ter” plan, a de­ci­sion that could doom Pres­i­dent Biden’s top do­mes­tic-pol­icy pri­or­ity, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Manchin: “I can’t move forward. I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation, I just can’t. I tried everything humanly possible.”

He added: “I can’t get there… This is a no.”

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