White House Shifts to Deficit Reduction to Get Manchin’s Vote
- Officials considering reworking emphasis of Biden agenda
- West Virginia Democrat has cited deficit, inflation concerns
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The White House is considering reworking President Joe Biden’s economic plan to emphasize deficit reduction in a bid to secure support from Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, a person familiar with the administration’s discussions said.
Top congressional Democrats have also in recent days discussed adding deficit reduction measures in hopes of winning over the holdout Democratic senator. Such a shift would have the added benefit for Democrats of heading off expected Republican charges of fiscal irresponsibility in midterm election campaigns.