President Joe Biden's domestic agenda suffered a major setback on Monday when Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said he would not commit to supporting a $1.75 trillion framework on social spending and climate change unveiled last week.
"While I’ve worked hard to find a path to compromise, it’s obvious: Compromise is not good enough for a lot of my colleagues in Congress. It’s all or nothing, and their position doesn’t seem to change unless we agree to everything," Manchin told a news conference.
The package was half the size of Biden's prior $3.5 trillion goal, after dropping some progressives' priorities, including new paid family leave benefits and key climate control provisions. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer insisted: "We are still talking and working through important details and making good progress."
Manchin demanded immediate House action on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill that the Senate passed in August with the support of 19 Republicans. In addition to hoping to pass the two major bills, Congress faces critical deadlines in the next five weeks to avoid a government shutdown, a potential embarrassment for Democrats, and avert an unprecedented default on the federal government's debt with its catastrophic economic consequences.Despite Monday's setback, negotiators continued working on the spending bill.
There had been growing optimism since Biden's private meeting with House Democrats on Thursday that the two bills, totaling more than $2.75 trillion, could advance quickly in the House, maybe as soon as this week.
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