Schumer, countering Manchin, vows Senate vote on Biden's social spending package

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, countering Joe Manchin's opposition, vowed a Senate vote on Biden's social spending package to make sure senators are on the record.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed Monday that the Senate will vote on President Joe Biden's cornerstone social spending agenda "very early" in the new year, countering Sen. Joe Manchin who announced Sunday he would vote 'no,' all but dooming the bill as currently written.

In a biting letter to colleagues, Schumer writes that Manchin's opposition will not "deter" Democrats from "continuing to find a path forward."

After outlining the plight of Americans struggling to pay for prescription medicine and food for their families, Schumer wrote that the Senate will consider Build Back Better on the floor in the new year, and will continue voting on revised versions until an outcome is achieved.

In a thinly-veiled jab at the West Virginia Democrat, Schumer wrote that the Senate would take repeated votes "so that every Member of this body has the opportunity to make their position known on the Senate floor, not just on television."