White House confident it will gain Manchin support for $1.75T spending package

The White House projected optimism that Sen. Joe Manchin would support President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion social welfare and climate package despite the centrist West Virginia Democrat threatening not to vote for Biden’s new framework.

Press secretary Jen Psaki insisted Monday that Manchin was “prepared” to back Biden’s framework, which he revised down last week in a last-minute attempt to win Manchin and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s endorsement so House liberals would pass his $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal, if it “combats inflation, is fiscally responsible, and will create jobs.”