How Democrats can actually pass Build Back Better in 2022

With ten surprise words uttered on Fox News Sunday, Senator Joe Manchin became both the target of deflating ire from his Democrat colleagues and a singular example of party-bucking courage to his Republican friends across the aisle.

Up until Manchin’s declaration on Sunday, the Biden Administration had been on a successful roll with regard to enacting key components of President Biden’s agenda with the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 last March and the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill that was signed into law this past November. Taken together, these two bills represent one of the largest investments in physical infrastructure, direct state and local government aid, as well as tax cuts for working families in this country.