Progressive Caucus chairwoman blames White House for splitting Build Back Better into two bills

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal blamed the White House for the death of Democrats’ social spending and tax bill after West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin essentially killed the legislation by saying Sunday that he would not vote for it.

“I want to start this conversation with a clear-eyed look at how we got to where we are,” Jayapal, a Washington House Democrat, said in a press call on Monday. “It started almost eight months ago when the White House decided to split the president's Build Back Better agenda into two bills, leaving the majority of the agenda, even beginning negotiations, until the early fall.”