The Machin Problem

The Joe Machin problem is not  the senator's balking at Democratic legislative proposals, but his being in s position to block the Democrat legislative agenda. Here comes a long excerpt from Final Child Tax Credit Payments Go Out Amid Doubt Over Program’s Future published in Thursday's Huntington Post setting out an example;

Sen Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) has refused to say he would support the bill, which would also expand access to prekindergarten, subsidize child care and create a host of green energy tax incentives.

The child tax credit itself has always been a point of contention, with Manchin demanding a “work requirement” that would exclude the poorest families, and a lower cutoff to exclude people with higher incomes. Democrats had refused Manchin’s demands and omitted the provisions from their drafts of the legislation, and several senators have told HuffPost they thought they had an agreement to extend the enhanced credit for one year.

But Manchin declined to say Wednesday whether he supported continuing the $300 monthly payments in their current form as part of Build Back Better.

Let me give you the best solution to the Machin problem: elect more Democrats to the U.S. Senate next year. 

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12/16/21