(Washington) Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said on Sunday that he would not approve of Joe Biden’s gigantic social reform plan, appearing to spell the end of the program intended to transform the United States.
“I can’t go any further,” West Virginia elected official, who has been one of the main obstacles to this program of social and ecological reform for weeks, said on Fox.
“I cannot vote for that,” added Mr. Manchin, citing in particular the rise in prices and the extent of the debt.
I just can’t. I tried everything humanly possible, I can’t. It’s no.
Joe Manchin, Democratic Senator from West Virginia
Dubbed “Build Back Better”, the $ 1,750 billion plan provides for kindergarten for all, tax credits for American households and substantial investments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. tight.
After a first vote in November in the House of Representatives, where Democrats had overcome their internal differences between centrists, worried about the effect on the debt, and the left wing, which wanted to go further in spending, its adoption in Senate has been postponed in recent days.
The Senate being divided (50 elected for each camp), any Democrat or affiliate has in fact what is akin to a veto on any bill if the Republicans close ranks.