Democrats are apparently trying to resurrect their dead Build Back Better bill, or at least parts of it. McConnell was asked about it this morning:
McConnell on Dem efforts to rekindle parts of Build Back Better: Washington Democrats are trying again to revive talk of yet another another reckless bout of spending this year. American families are already hurting enough and they need that bad idea to stay buried.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 1, 2022
Buried indeed. Joe Manchin was asked about it as well and he said he’s not had any talks because the bill is ‘dead’.
Sen. Joe Manchin, asked about Build Back Better, said: “What Build Back Better bill? I don’t know what you guys are talking about.”
I asked him if he’s had any talks on the matter since December. “No, no, no, no. It’s dead.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 1, 2022
There you have it and that’s good news. But I suspect that parts of that bill will still reemerge this year with a new name: Omnibus.
From the pool. Schumer on gov't funding mtg:
We very much want to get an omnibus don. We're all on the same page, and we're awaiting what the Republican counteroffer will be.— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 1, 2022
It should suffer the same fate if it’s anything like the reckless Build Back Better bill, so I’m not all that worried.