Sinema Throws Cold Water on Revival of Spending Bill

“Last year, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) publicly sounded the death knell for President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), his fellow holdout, is privately concurring,” Axios reports.

“In closed-door conversations, Sinema has told donors a path to revival is unlikely. That’s dampened expectations Congress will act on a slimmed-down bill before Memorial Day. It also means any revived BBB legislation faces an arduous route back to the center of the Senate agenda.”

“No one’s reached out to Sinema about the contours of the slimmed-down deal Manchin has discussed.”