Politics

Manchin sides with REPUBLICANS on the $2 trillion infrastructure plan

Published

April 24, 2021

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) addresses a news conference at the end of an 'infrastructure summit' of a bipartisan group of governors, U.S. senators, and members of the Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus. Manchin called for 'conventional' infrastructure

Crucial Swing Democratic Senator Urges Biden To Focus On ‘Conventional’ Proposals When He Sells It To Congress

By GEOFF EARLE and EMILY GOODIN

FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Friday called for a ‘conventional’ infrastructure package focused on traditional brick and mortar projects – throwing up an obstacle to Joe Biden’s plan to spent $2.3 billion on projects ranging from electric school buses to labor programs and broadband.

‘What we think the greatest need we have now, that can be done in a bipartisan way, is conventional infrastructure whether it’s the water, sewer, roads, bridges, Internet — things that we know need to be repaired, be fixed,’ the influential West Virginia Democrat said at a press conference Friday.

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