Democratic lawmakers are swiftly cutting back their spending on the Build Back Better agenda after President Biden made clear to progressive lawmakers that the package will spend far less than they had hoped on key priorities.
President Biden’s signature piece of domestic legislation is going to be much smaller than initially envisioned and that’s vexing Democrats who worry that vital proposals will be whittled down or erased entirely.
Democrats say they are determined to deliver bold climate action in the social spending bill being crafted in the House and Senate even without a key program that drew opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
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