Gone is the expanded child tax credit and many other things. So should Democrats accept that offer, to the degree that an offer even exists?
I put this question to Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the leader of House progressives. She noted that neither Manchin nor the White House has released this proposal publicly, and that House Democrats have no way of knowing key details.
However, Jayapal did seem to open the door to a way forward, though it’s a twisted and murky path.
Jayapal told me she contacted Manchin on Tuesday morning, and asked him to return to the original framework that Biden released in October, which laid out general goals: An expanded child tax credit for one year, ACA subsidies for four years, universal pre-K for six years, half a trillion dollars for climate, and more.
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