Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) keeps straining to find reasonable-sounding justifications for why he wants to cut back on the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill. He has said it’s too large . He has said it could increase inflation . He has said fixing our nation’s broken-down physical infrastructure should take precedence .
But Manchin’s greatest howler came on Sunday, when Dana Bash of CNN specifically asked whether he supported making the expanded child tax credit permanent. “Let’s make sure,” he said, “we’re getting it to the right people. … There’s no work requirements whatsoever. There’s no education requirements. […]
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