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Biden Pushes Congress To Pass Spending Plans After Manchin Opposes Democrats’ Massive $3.5T Bill

Charlotte Pence Bond
Biden Pushes Congress To Pass Spending Plans After Manchin Opposes Democrats’ Massive $3.5T Bill
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On Friday, President Joe Biden appeared to respond to Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) claims that he would not support a massive Democratic spending package, saying the government should have two priorities this month, with the main one framed as beating the coronavirus pandemic. 

“The second thing that has to happen in September is for the Congress, the House and Senate, to finish passing my economic agenda so that we can keep up the historic momentum we’ve been building,” Biden said 

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