Top progressive urges Biden to focus on Build Back Better despite Manchin blow
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Jayapal calls on president to continue work on social spending plan and to use executive actions to get around senator's rejection
Pramila Jayapal, a leading House progressive, has urged Joe Biden to continue focusing on his Build Back Better social spending legislation and to use executive actions as a way to work around public rejection by a key senator, Joe Manchin.
Writing in the Washington Post, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said it would soon release a plan for actions including lowering costs, protecting family healthcare and tackling the climate crisis.
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