Paid leave falls out of Democratic package in urgent scramble to secure Manchin's support

[AZProgressive]

(CNN) Democrats are expected to scrap paid family and medical leave from their cornerstone economic and climate package, discarding one of the central planks of President Joe Biden's proposal as they scramble to strike a deal with holdout senators, according to multiple people familiar with the talks.

The plan's survival has been in question for several days due to objections from Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat. Biden's initial 12-week proposal was scaled back to four weeks in an effort to secure Manchin's support. That was rejected, leading to an effort by New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand that attempted to find a compromise with Manchin.

That has not succeeded, one of the people said, prompting Democrats to push it out of the package as they seek to scale back the proposal's overall cost and programs to meet Manchin's demands.

Manchin made clear he would not move when asked about the provision on Wednesday, saying: "I just can't do it."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/10/27/politics/paid-leave-falls-out-of-biden-agenda/index.html

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Seeing tweets it's back (or at least somewhat back in) according to Sen. Murray

Apparently she's been negotiating w/ Manchin as well about it.

We'll see.

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. Fuck that guy. Kill the bills and block the debt ceiling unless all BBB elements are included

At this point, Manchin has whittled the bill down to less than a shit sandwich- what’s left? By my count, all that’s left is means tested childcare with a work requirement, and funding for the govt. to buy EV’s.

All we need is for Sanders and 4 progressives in the house to kill the bills and refuse to lift the debt ceiling- let’s see how Manchin and Sinema’s donors enjoy watching their stock drop 50+%.