Jayapal Says Manchin’s Proposed $1.5 Trillion Reconciliation Bill ‘Not Going To Happen’
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The House Progressive Caucus chair said the conservative Democratic senator's reduced number is too low to accomplish the party's major priorities.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said on Sunday that the $1.5 trillion overall number proposed by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for Democrats’ reconciliation bill is too low for the party to pass its major priorities, the latest in ongoing negotiations over the sweeping Build Back Better legislation.
The House Progressive Caucus chair spoke with Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union,” where she talked about the past week of congressional sparring over the legislation from President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders that was proposed to allocate about $3.5 trillion over the next 10 years.
The bill would fund many of the party’s priorities, including subsidies for electric vehicles, programs for young children and the elderly, and expansions of health insurance coverage. Progressives originally asked for $6 trillion, but negotiated down to $3.5 trillion to gain more votes.