Schumer vows Senate vote on $1.75 trillion social spending plan despite Manchin opposition
CBSN
Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged Monday that the Senate will take up President Biden's nearly $2 trillion plan to expand the social safety net and combat climate change despite West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin pulling his support for the legislation.
In a letter to his fellow Senate Democrats, Schumer said moving forward with a vote in early 2022 on a revised version of the package that cleared the House in November will ensure every senator "has the opportunity to make their position known on the Senate floor, not just on television."
Manchin, a moderate Democrat whose support for the measure is crucial in the evenly split Senate, announced his opposition to the legislation in an interview with "Fox News Sunday," dealing a major setback to Mr. Biden's domestic policy agenda. The West Virginia senator cited concerns over inflation, the national debt and the COVID-19 pandemic as driving his decision to yank support for the plan.
