Manchin says Biden’s $1.75T social welfare package is ‘dead’

Sen. Joe Manchin III said Tuesday that President Biden’s $1.75 trillion social welfare and climate change package is “dead” in its current iteration. 

Mr. Manchin, West Virginia Democrat and a key swing vote in the evenly divided Senate, was asked whether Mr. Biden’s Build Back Better Act could pass in a streamlined form. 

“What Build Back Better bill?” said Mr. Manchin. “There isn’t one. I don’t know what you all are talking about.” 

When pressed if the White House had attempted to renew negotiations on the topic, Mr. Manchin said there had been no developments.