（美国有线电视新闻网）西弗吉尼亚州的民主党参议员乔曼钦表示，他反对“重建更好法案”，这实际上结束了有关扩大国家社会安全网的这一立法版本的谈判。
曼钦一直是该立法的主要反对者，对巨额税收和支出法案的某些条款以及它如何加剧该国飙升的通货膨胀表示担忧。
“而且我不能投票继续这项立法。我不能。我已经尝试了一切人为可能的方法。我无法到达那里，”他在“福克斯周日新闻”中说道。 “这是对这项立法的反对。我已经尝试了我所知道的一切。总统努力工作。与他一起工作很棒。他知道我有顾虑和我遇到的问题，你知道，我们都应该把注意力集中在这种变体上，一种我们以不同方式在许多不同方面回到我们身边的 Covid，它再次影响了我们的生活。”
曼钦对该法案的支持——一项 1.9 万亿美元的支出计划，专注于扩大国家的社会安全网、减少美国人的儿童保育和医疗保健成本以及气候变化——对于民主党使用称为预算和解的程序通过这项立法是必要的，这意味着它只需要 51 票就可以通过。
在采访结束后，他的办公室发布的一份声明中，曼钦重申他不能支持该立法。
“我一直说，'如果我不能回家解释，我就不能投票。'尽管我尽了最大的努力，但我无法解释西弗吉尼亚州全面的“重建更好法案”，我无法投票推动这项庞大的立法，”他在声明中说。
一位熟悉乔拜登总统和曼钦之间讨论的人士告诉美国有线电视新闻网，很明显曼钦正朝着这个方向前进，因为拜登本周私下告诉助手，他不再有信心最终让西弗吉尼亚民主党人加入。但是，当曼钦周日早上告诉他们他已经做出最终决定时，白宫官员感到惊讶。
据消息人士称，他们的反应显然不是积极的。一位高级政府官员告诉 CNN，这“完全是一个惊喜”。曼钦告诉白宫，他们是第一个知道的，他甚至还没有告诉他的工作人员。
两名熟悉曼钦立场传达方式的消息人士告诉 CNN，曼钦办公室的工作人员在曼钦与福克斯进行较量前大约 30 至 40 分钟直接与白宫和民主党领导人进行了沟通。
为了回应进步人士的批评，曼钦因为不支持而搁置该法案，他说他支持对该法案进行投票。
“事情就是这样，到了时候，就投票吧，我一直在说。投票吧。如果这是人们需要展示他们在哪里的东西，那就投票吧，”他在福克斯新闻上说。
他补充说：“他们试图做出这种调整，这种调整，或者只是试图调整时间以适应金钱或金钱以适应时间，而不是改变我们的方法，没有瞄准我们应该做的事情. 确保基本上真正需要它的人得到它。确保我们可以以更好的方式做事。我们可以通过两党合作的方式来做事情，如果我们这样做，参议院应该以这种方式工作“就让它发生吧。通过委员会，让我们工作吧。”
美国有线电视新闻网已联系参议院多数党领袖查克舒默和众议院议长南希佩洛西征求意见。
Manchin says he won't vote for Build Back Better Act
(CNN)Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he's a no on the Build Back Better Act, effectively ending negotiations on this version of legislation that would expand the nation's social safety net.
Manchin has always been a key holdout for the legislation, sharing concerns over certain provisions of the massive tax and spending bill and how it may exacerbate soaring inflation in the country.
"And I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can't. I've tried everything humanly possible. I can't get there," he said on "Fox News Sunday." "This is a no on this legislation. I have tried everything I know to do. And the President has worked diligently. He's been wonderful to work with. He knows I've had concerns and the problems I've had and, you know, the thing that we should all be directing our attention towards the variant, a Covid that we have coming back at us in so many different aspects in different ways, it's affecting our lives again."
Manchin's support for the bill -- a $1.9 trillion spending plan focused on expanding the nation's social safety net, reducing Americans' childcare and health care costs, and climate change -- is necessary for Democrats to pass this legislation using a process called budget reconciliation, meaning it would only need 51 votes to pass.
In a statement his office released after the interview, Manchin reiterated he couldn't support the legislation.
"I have always said, 'If I can't go back home and explain it, I can't vote for it.' Despite my best efforts, I cannot explain the sweeping Build Back Better Act in West Virginia and I cannot vote to move forward on this mammoth piece of legislation," he said in the statement.
A person familiar with the discussions between President Joe Biden and Manchin told CNN it was clear Manchin was headed in this direction as Biden privately told aides this week, he was no longer confident he could ultimately get the West Virginia Democrat on board. But White House officials were surprised when Manchin informed them Sunday morning he had already arrived at a final decision.
Their reaction was, obviously, not positive, according to the source. One senior administration official told CNN it was "totally a surprise." Manchin informed the White House they were the first to know and he had not told even his staff yet.
Two sources familiar with how Manchin's position was communicated told CNN staff from Manchin's office communicated directly to the White House and Democratic leadership approximately 30-40 minutes before Manchin went on Fox.
In response to criticism from progressives Manchin was holding up the bill because he wasn't supportive, he said he supported holding a vote for the bill.
"Here's the thing, when it's time, just vote, I've been saying that. Just vote. If that's what people need to show where they are, then vote," he said on Fox News.
He added: "They've trying to make this adjustment, this adjustment, or just trying to make the adjustment for the time to fit the money or the money to fit the time, not changing our approach, not targeting things we should be doing. Making sure that people basically that truly need it are getting it. Making sure that we can do things in a much better fashion. We have things that we can do in a bipartisan way, the way the Senate is supposed to work if we'll just let it happen. Just go through the committees, let's work it."
CNN has reached out to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for comment.
