Manchin is going to a caucus lunch at the Capitol in Washington. Manchin said on Sunday that he can't support a $2 trillion social safety net bill, a blow to President Joe Biden's signature legislation.
Manchin believes Americans will abuse benefits in Biden's spending package.
The Huffington Post reported that Manchin thinks parents will use child tax credit funds to buy drugs.
The bill was killed off by the West Virginia senator.
According to the Huffington Post, Sen. Joe Manchin told his Senate colleagues that he believes Americans will abuse government benefits in the $2 trillion spending package.
The Huffington Post reported that unnamed sources familiar with Manchin's remarks said that he argued that parents would use child tax credit money to buy drugs and that workers would abuse paid family leave to get out of work.
The US Senate left town early Saturday morning without voting on the nearly $2 trillion spending package after unsuccessful negotiations between the White House and Manchin over the bill. The West Virginia Democrat, who was a key swing vote in a Senate evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, officially killed the legislation on Sunday.
Manchin told Fox News that he couldn't vote for it if he couldn't explain it to the people of West Virginia. I can't get there, I've tried everything. This is a no.
Manchin said the bill added to the national debt, worsened inflation, and reduced the US' reliance on fossil fuels and coal "faster than technology or the markets allow."
Manchin said that his Democratic colleagues in Washington are determined to dramatically remake our society in a way that leaves our country even more vulnerable to the threats we face. I can't take that risk with a debt of more than $29 trillion and inflation taxes that are harmful to every hard-working American at the gasoline pumps, grocery stores and utility bills with no end in sight.
The child tax credit, four weeks of paid family leave, and universal pre-kindergarten were included in the version of the sweeping legislation passed by the US House. Drug pricing reforms, shoring up theAffordable Care Act, and adding coverage of hearing benefits in Medicare were some of the healthcare challenges the bill took on. Hundreds of billions were allocated to combat the climate emergency.
The United States is the only developed nation that does not have a paid family and medical leave program. Manchin has previously sought to add work requirements to the child tax credit and expressed opposition to passing paid leave, specifically expressing concern that the bill wouldn't fully pay for a paid leave program.
The idea that low-income Americans won't be responsible with money from government benefits has led to drug testing for recipients of programs like food stamps and work requirements for Medicaid recipients.
The Huffington Post reported that other Democratic senators were shocked by Manchin's comments and saw them as an unfair assault on those living in poverty.
A representative for Manchin didn't return a request for comment.
The American Rescue Plan, which the Senate passed along party lines in March, increased the maximum amount of child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,600 for parents with incomes of at least $200,000 per year. Over 36 million households have taken advantage of the tax credit.
The child tax credit would have allowed parents who earn below a certain income to receive $300 per child under six and $250 for children between six and 18 for another year. The expanded child tax credit will end at the end of 2021.
There is no evidence that the enhanced benefits are being used to purchase drugs. A US Census survey from October found that most recipients used the money for food, utilities, and school transportation, while 30% put the money towards clothes.
The researchers found that the expanded child tax credit has already helped reduce child poverty and child hunger, and that it has the potential to lift more children out of poverty if extended.
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Manchin said he wouldn't support the package and slammed the door on it. I can't vote for this piece of legislation. I can't. I've tried everything possible. Manchin was interviewed on "Fox News Sunday." The White House issued a pointed statement saying that Manchin's remarks were at odds with what he told the President and that he had betrayed his commitments to the President and the Senator. His comments drew outrage from liberal Democrats and Senator Bernie sanders, who called for a vote on the measure despite Manchin's opposition. The White House's "Build Back Better" plan, which aims to bolster the social safety net and fight climate change, is the cornerstone of Biden's legislative agenda. Manchin said in a statement that increasing the U.S. debt load would "drastically hinder" the country's ability to respond to the health crisis. In a chamber where Democrats have the slimmest margin of control and Republicans are against the bill, his support is crucial. Republican Senator Ben Sasse issued a statement saying that the spending proposal was "wildly out-of-touch" and that it was dead. The bill was passed by the House. It is essential for the Democrats to retain control of Congress in next year's elections because of its passage in the Senate. The White House would find a way to move forward with the legislation in 2022, according to Psaki.
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Fox News SundaySen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat from West Virginia, said on Sunday that he was not going to vote for the legislation. The senator refused to take a call from the White House after he dispatched an aide to let them know.
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