Joe Manchin appears to have withdrawn offer to back $1.8tn bill on Biden agenda

Conservative Democratic senator has signalled privately he is not interested in supporting any Build Back Better package

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A $1.8tn spending offer proposed to the White House in late 2021 by Senator Joe Manchin appears to be off the table, following another breakdown in talks between the moderate Democrat from West Virginia and the Biden White House, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

Manchin told reporters this week he is no longer involved in discussions with the White House and has signaled privately that he is not interested in approving any legislation like Joe Biden's Build Back Better Package, the newspaper said, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.