Joe Manchin insists he ‘can’t vote for’ $3.5tn spending bill
by Richard Luscombe from on (#5PETZ)
Moderate Democrat who is the Senate swing vote says cost is too high and efforts to speed bill's passage too hasty
Joe Manchin, the moderate Democrat standing in the way of Joe Biden's signature $3.5tn spending bill, insisted again on Sunday he would not support the package, declaring the price tag too high and White House efforts to speed its passage too hasty.
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