The Senate is reportedly giving up on President Biden’s Build Back Better Act until next year as negotiations have stalled with moderate Democrats, according to NBC News.
“[Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)] is likely to push a vote on the Build Back Better plan until next year, according to four sources familiar with the leaders’ plans,” NBC News reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell wrote on Twitter.
“He doesn’t have the votes as [Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)] remains noncommittal,” Caldwell continued. “Schumer is still holding out hope for action on voting rights this year, multiple sources tell us. They are hoping for agreement on a rules change between four moderates who have been meeting –[Sens. Jon Tester (D-MO), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Angus King (I-ME)] and Manchin,” she added.
Schumer is still holding out hope for action on voting rights this year, multiple sources tell us. They are hoping for agreement on a rules change between four moderates who have been meeting – Tester, Kaine, King and Manchin 2/
— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) December 15, 2021
“The decision to delay is also in part because Senate Democrats haven’t finished negotiating the bill. Provisions on state and local taxes and the methane rule remain undecided. Senate Democrats also haven’t finished clearing all the procedural hurdles necessary to hold a vote,” NBC News reported. “Two congressional sources said a vote could be delayed until March. The sources asked to speak anonymously in order to provide frank assessments of internal discussions.”
When Manchin was asked if his opposition to the bill, he told reporters, “I’ve always been for child tax credits. We voted for it many times.”
