Reports about the demise of President Joe Biden’s $2.4 trillion social spending bill are greatly exaggerated, a member of the House Democratic leadership said Wednesday.

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries of New York told reporters at the Capitol he does not believe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is dead, despite opposition from Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia in the evenly divided Senate.

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