Republicans Urge Manchin to Quash Biden Bill Amid Inflation
- West Virginia Democrat is key holdout on Biden’s spending plan
- Leaders still hope to pass roughly $2 trillion plan this year
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Republicans seized on fresh data showing the highest U.S. rate of inflation in four decades as new ammunition to fight President Joe Biden’s tax-and-spending plan, saying the roughly $2 trillion package would would only increase living costs and urging Democratic Senator Joe Manchin to kill the bill.
Adding to the president’s burden, a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Friday showed that Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan would -- if new and expanded programs are made permanent without new revenue -- cost far more than Democrats say.