Finally, someone has the courage to stand up against the narrative and shout: No!
From Breitbart:
White House Turns on Joe Manchin for Killing Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Bill
The White House issued a condemnation of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Sunday after the senator said he would not vote for the Build Back Better bill, effectively killing it in its current form.
“If his comments on FOX and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position, and a breach of his commitments to the President and the Senator’s colleagues in the House and Senate,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement released on Sunday after Manchin appeared on Fox News to announce his final position.
Democrats are trying to pass the bill using budget reconciliation, which requires every Senate Democrat to support the measure in order to pass.
Manchin said he was deeply concerned about the bill, which he described as “mammoth” and warned about its effects on the United States economy through inflation and increased debt.
“I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation,” Manchin said on Fox News Sunday. “I just can’t.”
A Democrat with ethics, honor and conviction. It will be a very long year but the mid-term election will happen in November of 2022 and Senator Manchin will have a lot better company in the Senate if he can hold out until then. The current crop of Senators and Representatives are do-nothing children who do not represent their constituency and who legislate by sheer volume of voice rather than by ideas and morals.
The 3,100+ comments show that there is a lot of agreement. The Democrats argument is that Manchin's blocking the bill will hurt American families. This comment from TSO delivers the clue:
"Blocking cheaper insulin, daycare, etc. . ."
If you really care about these things, pass them as their own unencumbered bill. Otherwise, shut your piehole!
What he said. There is no reason for any bill to be more than 50-100 pages long and most should be in the 10-20 page range. If you want to make something legal or illegal - come out and say it succinctly and be done with it. Do not try to lard the kitchen sink into some huge confabulation.
H.R. 4173 otherwise known as the Dodd Frank bill measured in at 848 pages in length. It replaced the functional 1933 Glass-Steagall Legislation which essentially did the same thing but financial institutions found loopholes and started acting unethically. Glass-Steagall was 37 pages long.
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