Party lawmakers are split over how hard to push the West Virginia Democrat to vote on Biden’s bill before Christmas.
Some Democrats prefer being aggressive with the moderate Manchin, but others worry about killing the legislation by pushing too hard. They also worry about increasing inflation.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has been saying he wishes to vote on the Build Back Better Act before Christmas. Yet, on Tuesday he refused to guarantee a vote next week.
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"The bottom line is right now there are good discussions going on. As I said, we’re moving forward with progress," Schumer said Tuesday, according to The Hill. "The president’s been speaking with Sen. Manchin, and I look forward to hearing about further progress."
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Progressives continue to push Schumer to vote on the 2,400-page social spending and climate bill next week.
Manchin hasn’t said whether he will back the legislation and Democrats need every member of their Senate caucus to back the measure to pass it via reconciliation.
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Progressive Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., want Manchin to vote on proceeding to the Build Back Better bill, even if he doesn’t promise to support it.
"I just don’t think you can bring it to closure and finally close down the negotiation unless you have a date certain and a time to call the measure," Majority Whip Durbin told reporters, The Hill said.
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"As soon as it gets anything near the green light from [the] parliamentarian, I think we should move quickly. It’s always a risk, but you know it’s also my experience after 25 years in this place that many people will sit on the fence as long as possible. There comes a time when you’ve got to say, Alright, we’ve done the negotiating, we’ve made the accommodations, it’s time to put up or shut up."
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Warren agreed with Durbin and said, "We need to vote. We have talked and talked and talked. We all understand what the issues are; we know what the programs are; we know how to pay for it; it’s time to vote," Warren said, according to The Hill.
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As the Vice-Chair of the Senate Democratic conference, Warren added that she was frustrated Progressives agreed to vote for the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill with the expectation Manchin would support the Build Back Better bill.
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Other Democrats said it was not essential to enact the bill before Christmas.
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"I don’t know that that’s absolutely essential," Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., according to The Hill. "I think what’s more important is what’s in it rather than the timeframe around."
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, predicted, "it’s going to be very difficult" to get the bill wrapped up before December 25.
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