Sen. Joe Manchin All But Kills Biden's Budget Busting 'Build Back Better' Package

The centerpiece of Joe Biden's domestic agenda, the $2 trillion "Build Back Better" spending package, has been dealt a possibly fatal blow by a fellow Democrat, who calls it bad for America. 

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he just can't vote for it. "I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can't. I've tried everything humanly possible. I can't get there," Manchin announced on Fox News Sunday, "This is a 'no'." 

Manchin said he opposes the expensive package that Republicans have called a welfare goody bag because of concerns about inflation and the growing federal debt. "The inflation that I was concerned about, it's not transitory. It's real. It's harming every West Virginian."

While the spending package is advertised as $2 trillion over 10 years, and the White House has claimed its true cost would be "zero," one study showed its real cost would be $4.6 trillion.

Manchin also accused Democrats in a written statement of trying to "...dramatically reshape our society in a way that leaves our country even more vulnerable to the threats we face."