West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has no desire to pass, let alone even vote on, President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill. He does, however, very much want Biden to sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill the Senate passed last month.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t think the bipartisan infrastructure bill spends nearly enough money. To make up for that bill’s shortcomings, she desperately wants Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill to become law.

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