Washington Post: Manchin’s $1.8 trillion offer on BBB is no longer on the table

JOHN SEXTON Jan 08, 2022 at HotAir:

As you probably recall, Manchin called an abrupt end to negotiations over the Build Back Better bill just before Christmas. There was a follow-up story written by a Manchin confidante which saidthe tipping pointwas when the White House put out a statement singling out Manchin by name as the obstacle to getting a deal. Manchin felt that statement was at odds with the gentlemanly discussion he’d been having with Biden in private and he got angry about it andblew upthe negotiations.https://efe82e3633ba051da55076be5382234d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

Ever since then there have been a series of threats and rumors that negotiationsmight begetting back on track. But later reporting claimed that was not the case. Democrats had moved on to focusing on voting rights and Manchin…