Manchin causes yet another headache for Democrats with 2024 Senate retirement
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Senator Joe Manchin's retirement is another setback for Democrats after he has dealt blows to their progressive agenda for much of the last two years.
The conservative Democrat announced in December 2021 that he would not support Biden’s $2.2 trillion progressive Build Back Better package, effectively sinking the left-wing wish list. Elizabeth Elkind is a reporter for Fox News Digital focused on Congress as well as the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and politics. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
It invoked the ire of progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who attacked Manchin for forcing Democrats to decouple the package from a more moderate bipartisan infrastructure proposal. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com