Biden Reframes His Agenda With a Manchin Spin

“After championing the biggest expansion in federal aid to American families in decades, President Joe Biden is now putting the government’s budget deficit back in the spotlight –a nod to fiscal conservatism that may be needed to pass any more of his agenda,” Bloomberg reports.

“It’s a message the White House plainly hopes particularly resonates with Senator Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who blocked Biden’s ambitious ‘Build Back Better’ economic legislation in December. Manchin has argued that any revised plan — including higher corporate taxes, climate-change measures and prescription drug reform  — must cut the deficit.”