The president still believes Congress can pass portions of the Build Back Better Act by the midterm elections, despite skepticism from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
— can pass by the midterms, after which Democrats may lose their slim majority in Congress.
Biden didn’t specify which chunks of Build Back Better he’ll prioritize, and he insisted to one reporter that he doesn’t believe he needs to scale down his priorities. He was less confident about his push to pass a voting rights bill, another stalled goal for this year, telling reporters Wednesday, “I haven’t given up” — just days earlier,
, “I don’t know if we can get this done,” after Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema indicated they’re unwilling to change the Senate’s filibuster rules to pass a voting bill.“I’m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the Build Back Better law signed into law” before the midterm elections, Biden said.
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