The Democrats’ spending bill dominated the Sunday morning political shows, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying she thinks "we are pretty much there now" on the scaled-back package.
Huge dollar signs make for ineffective marketing devices for legislation, and the Democrats have no one but themselves to blame for the now-stalled legislative.
According to the White House, President Joe Biden intended to tell progressives on Monday that the final reconciliation package would be less than the initial $3.5 trillion.
The White House is once again at odds with the senior senator from West Virginia.
Joe Manchin has made clear for months that the administrations sprawling.
Internal divisions among Democrats that have blocked votes on bipartisan infrastructure legislation and a massive social spending package the party hopes to pass through the reconciliation process dominated the Sunday morning political s