Sunday shows - Manchin says he cannot back Biden spending plan

View in your browser     Manchin says he will not vote for Build Back Better: 'This is a no' By ALEXANDER BOLTON   Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced on "Fox News Sunday" that he will not vote for President Biden’s “mammoth” climate and social spending bill, essentially killing the White House's top legislative priority. "I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation, I just can't. I tried everything humanly possible, I can't get there" he told host Bret Baier.  Read the full story here     Sanders: Let Manchin vote no on Build Back Better 'in front of the whole world' By CAROLINE VAKIL    Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) expressed his frustration with Sen. Joe Manchin after the West Virginia Democrat said Sunday he would not vote for President Biden's social spending package. “I think he's gonna have a lot of explaining to do to the people of West Virginia,” Sanders told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” Read the full story here     Pressley slams Manchin after he says he will vote no on Build Back Better By MYCHAEL SCHNELL   “He has continued to move the goalposts, he has never negotiated in good faith. and he is obstructing the President's agenda. 85 percent of which is still left on the table. And in obstructing the president's agenda, he is obstructing the people's agenda,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) told co-host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here     GOP senators rip Democrats over inflation: Party agenda 'hurting the poorest families' By LEXI LONAS   Republican Sens. Rick Scott (Fla.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) on Sunday slammed Democrats over inflation in interviews with John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM. Read the full story here     Fauci says omicron variant is 'raging through the world' By MYCHAEL SCHNELL   “The one thing that's very clear, and there's no doubt about this, is its extraordinary capability of spreading, its transmissibility capability. It is just, you know, raging through the world, really,” Anthony Fauci told host Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Read the full story here     Fauci: We did not anticipate extent of omicron's mutations By CAROLINE VAKIL   President Biden’s chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, said on Sunday that while officials anticipated new coronavirus variants, they did not anticipate the extent of omicron's mutations. Read the full story here     Holiday travel for unvaccinated 'not a great idea,' Collins says By JOSEPH CHOI   National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins said on Sunday that holiday travel would not be advisable for unvaccinated people due to the quickly spreading omicron variant. Read the full story here     NIH director says COVID-19 is the enemy, not the 'people in the other political party' By JOSEPH CHOI    Francis Collins, the outgoing director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), stressed during an interview on Sunday that people should view the pandemic as the enemy instead of fighting amongst themselves. Read the full story here     Republican governor says Trump reelection bid would be 'bad' for GOP and US By JOSEPH CHOI   "I think that'd be bad for the party and bad for President Trump and bad for the country. So I don't think he's gonna run and I would — my advice would be that he did not," Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said. Read the full story here     Sununu won't say if he would support a Trump 2024 run By MYCHAEL SCHNELL    New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Sunday refused to say if he would support former President Trump should he wage another presidential bid in 2024, instead emphasizing the importance of next year’s midterm elections. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©1998 - 2021 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved.

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