#BuildBackBetterFails
Biden’s social spending package dies in December 2021.
Origin & Impact
Joe Manchin’s December 2021 announcement that he wouldn’t support Build Back Better killed Biden’s signature $1.75 trillion social spending plan. The West Virginia senator’s Fox News Sunday reveal blindsided the White House and enraged progressives.
The failure highlighted Democratic divisions and the challenges of governing with razor-thin Senate margins.
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