Na quarta-feira, o senador Joe Manchin gritou com raiva para os repórteres irem embora – dizendo a um deles: “Vocês são os touros!” e “terminei!” depois de ser salpicado de perguntas sobre sua relutância em apoiar o gigantesco projeto de lei de gastos sociais do presidente Biden.
“Não estou negociando com nenhum de vocês, ok?” o democrata da Virgínia Ocidental disse enquanto os repórteres o seguiam em torno do Capitólio.
Manchin acrescentou, erguendo a voz: “Gente, me deixem ir. Este é o bulls – t. Você é bulls – t! OK? Terminei! Terminei! Deus todo poderoso.”
O senador centrista parecia estar atacando o jornalista Arthur Delaney, do Huffington Post, quando disse “você é um touro”, porque Delaney pressionou o senador em relatos de que ele não apóia a continuação do pagamento mensal do crédito tributário infantil.
O líder da maioria no Senado, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), está considerando planos para aprovar o vasto pacote este mês devido às dúvidas de Manchin, de acordo com a NBC News, embora Biden tenha dito na quarta-feira que ainda quer que o projeto seja aprovado a tempo para o feriado.
“Espero que sim. Vai ser fechado ”, disse Biden quando questionado se acha que a medida pode ser aprovada antes de janeiro.
Mas uma fonte democrata familiarizada com as negociações envolvendo Manchin disse ao Post que Biden e o senador estão “a quilômetros de distância”, já que Schumer considera empurrar para uma votação sobre a legislação de reforma eleitoral federal, em seguida, retornar ao projeto de lei de gastos no próximo ano.
“As conversas entre [Biden] e Manchin está indo muito mal ”, disse a fonte. “Eles estão distantes. Por exemplo, Manchin propôs ao presidente eliminar o [child tax credit] expansão da conta. ”
Biden e Manchin falaram na segunda-feira e novamente na terça-feira. A vice-secretária de imprensa da Casa Branca, Karine Jean-Pierre, insistiu na quarta-feira que “o presidente teve duas grandes conversas com [Manchin} this week that have been productive.”
Manchin for months has endured the ire of Democrats pushing him to get on board with Biden’s roughly $2 trillion bill. He’s held out, saying he’s concerned the bill would further worsen inflation, which hit a 39-year high last month.
Manchin opposes a provision to federally subsidize four weeks of private-sector paid family leave and months ago criticized proposed federal funding for preschool, saying his state set up free preschool without federal aid.
A late sticking point is Manchin’s stance on child tax credits. He previously proposed means-testing the benefit so that it would be enjoyed by fewer middle-class families.
Before lashing out at reporters, Manchin denied that he opposes the enhanced tax credit altogether.
“Is it true you want the child tax credit out?” a journalist asked Manchin.
Manchin replied, “No, no, I’ve always been for child tax credits. We voted for it many times.”
The House passed the package last month with a $2.2 trillion price tag, but if it passes the Senate, it’s expected to shrink in size due to resistance from Manchin and fellow centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).
The Congressional Budget Office last week said the Build Back Better Act actually would cost about $4.5 trillion — and add $3 trillion to the federal deficit — if its programs are extended over 10 years, the same period as proposed revenue streams to fund the package.
Democrats can pass the bill without any Republican support using special budget reconciliation rules, but cannot lose a single vote in the evenly divided Senate.
The House-passed version includes $555 billion for environmental programs, $400 billion to fund universal preschool and cap child care costs at 7 percent of income for most families, and $200 billion to extend the enhanced child tax credit for families that earn up to $150,000 — from $2,000 to $3,000 per child, or $3,600 for those under 6.
The plan also includes $150 billion for home health care for the elderly and people with disabilities through Medicaid, $150 billion for housing including 1 million new “affordable” rental units, $130 billion in new ObamaCare subsidies, $90 billion in racial and gender “equity” initiatives, $40 billion for higher education grants and $35 billion to expand Medicare to include the cost of hearing aids.
The bill would increase from $10,000 to $80,000 the “SALT cap” on state and local taxes that can be deducted from federal taxes — costing an estimated $300 billion in lost federal revenue. Another $206 billion would cover four weeks of paid private-sector family leave.
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Na quarta-feira, o senador Joe Manchin gritou com raiva para os repórteres irem embora – dizendo a um deles: “Vocês são os touros!” e “terminei!” depois de ser salpicado de perguntas sobre sua relutância em apoiar o gigantesco projeto de lei de gastos sociais do presidente Biden.
“Não estou negociando com nenhum de vocês, ok?” o democrata da Virgínia Ocidental disse enquanto os repórteres o seguiam em torno do Capitólio.
Manchin acrescentou, erguendo a voz: “Gente, me deixem ir. Este é o bulls – t. Você é bulls – t! OK? Terminei! Terminei! Deus todo poderoso.”
O senador centrista parecia estar atacando o jornalista Arthur Delaney, do Huffington Post, quando disse “você é um touro”, porque Delaney pressionou o senador em relatos de que ele não apóia a continuação do pagamento mensal do crédito tributário infantil.
O líder da maioria no Senado, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), está considerando planos para aprovar o vasto pacote este mês devido às dúvidas de Manchin, de acordo com a NBC News, embora Biden tenha dito na quarta-feira que ainda quer que o projeto seja aprovado a tempo para o feriado.
“Espero que sim. Vai ser fechado ”, disse Biden quando questionado se acha que a medida pode ser aprovada antes de janeiro.
Mas uma fonte democrata familiarizada com as negociações envolvendo Manchin disse ao Post que Biden e o senador estão “a quilômetros de distância”, já que Schumer considera empurrar para uma votação sobre a legislação de reforma eleitoral federal, em seguida, retornar ao projeto de lei de gastos no próximo ano.
“As conversas entre [Biden] e Manchin está indo muito mal ”, disse a fonte. “Eles estão distantes. Por exemplo, Manchin propôs ao presidente eliminar o [child tax credit] expansão da conta. ”
Biden e Manchin falaram na segunda-feira e novamente na terça-feira. A vice-secretária de imprensa da Casa Branca, Karine Jean-Pierre, insistiu na quarta-feira que “o presidente teve duas grandes conversas com [Manchin} this week that have been productive.”
Manchin for months has endured the ire of Democrats pushing him to get on board with Biden’s roughly $2 trillion bill. He’s held out, saying he’s concerned the bill would further worsen inflation, which hit a 39-year high last month.
Manchin opposes a provision to federally subsidize four weeks of private-sector paid family leave and months ago criticized proposed federal funding for preschool, saying his state set up free preschool without federal aid.
A late sticking point is Manchin’s stance on child tax credits. He previously proposed means-testing the benefit so that it would be enjoyed by fewer middle-class families.
Before lashing out at reporters, Manchin denied that he opposes the enhanced tax credit altogether.
“Is it true you want the child tax credit out?” a journalist asked Manchin.
Manchin replied, “No, no, I’ve always been for child tax credits. We voted for it many times.”
The House passed the package last month with a $2.2 trillion price tag, but if it passes the Senate, it’s expected to shrink in size due to resistance from Manchin and fellow centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).
The Congressional Budget Office last week said the Build Back Better Act actually would cost about $4.5 trillion — and add $3 trillion to the federal deficit — if its programs are extended over 10 years, the same period as proposed revenue streams to fund the package.
Democrats can pass the bill without any Republican support using special budget reconciliation rules, but cannot lose a single vote in the evenly divided Senate.
The House-passed version includes $555 billion for environmental programs, $400 billion to fund universal preschool and cap child care costs at 7 percent of income for most families, and $200 billion to extend the enhanced child tax credit for families that earn up to $150,000 — from $2,000 to $3,000 per child, or $3,600 for those under 6.
The plan also includes $150 billion for home health care for the elderly and people with disabilities through Medicaid, $150 billion for housing including 1 million new “affordable” rental units, $130 billion in new ObamaCare subsidies, $90 billion in racial and gender “equity” initiatives, $40 billion for higher education grants and $35 billion to expand Medicare to include the cost of hearing aids.
The bill would increase from $10,000 to $80,000 the “SALT cap” on state and local taxes that can be deducted from federal taxes — costing an estimated $300 billion in lost federal revenue. Another $206 billion would cover four weeks of paid private-sector family leave.
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