January 19, 2022, 06:07pm.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he is confident Congress will pass portions of the Build Back Better Act by the fall elections despite skepticism from moderates.
President Joe Biden answered questions in the East Room of the White House.
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Biden said that Manchin supports early childhood education, and that he thinks Congress will support the energy and environmental components of the bill.
Even if the spending package is broken up and passed piecemeal, the president vowed to keep coming back at portions of the bill that face longer odds in Congress.
He was less confident about his push to pass a voting rights bill, another goal for this year, telling reporters Wednesday, "I haven't given up", just days earlier, Biden said, "I don't know if we can get this done"
Biden said he was confident that pieces of the law would be signed before the elections.
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Some parts of the bill aimed at education and healthcare could still pass, despite the fact that the Build Back Better Act is dead.
Democrats and Biden are racing to push major legislation through Congress this year, despite sagging approval ratings and election uncertainty. In a Senate split evenly between the two parties, every Democratic member will need to back the president's plans, leading to a fraught balancing act between progressives and moderates. The Build Back Better Act includes subsidies for childcare, a universal preschool program, an extended child tax credit, and climate change-fighting programs. Manchin told Fox News he can't support the bill in its current form, and negotiations shut down last month after Manchin expressed concerns about its price tag. Manchin and Sinema both co-sponsored a bill that would expand early and mail-in voting nationwide, but they are unwilling to modify or eliminate the filibuster to overcome unified Republican opposition to the legislation.
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