Bernie Sanders Hints at 'Progress' After Meeting Joe Manchin Over Biden Plan Impasse

[BeckyDem]

By Darragh Roche On 10/19/21 at 7:58 AM EDT


Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has hinted at progress following talks with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) about President Joe Biden's infrastructure and social spending bill.

Manchin and Sanders briefly spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Monday and suggested they could be on the path to reaching an agreement over the proposed $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act.

In a video shared to Twitter by NBC News' reporter Frank Thorp V on Monday, Sanders appeared to suggest the talks could be successful.

https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-hints-progress-joe-manchin-joe-biden-build-back-better-1640290

[empedocles]

1. Dems could use this

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

2. I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

When the Democrats won the presidency and both houses of Congress, I celebrated the end of the Dark Ages of Republicanism. There is so much support for the bill from the Dems, Independents and even Republicans that it would surely pass in some form.

Now the bill, which would improve the lives of millions and millions of people -- including lifting children out of poverty -- is being actively sabotaged by a man whose state represents 0.1% of the population. What's wrong with this picture?

What little hope is left is dependent on the tenaciousness of Bernie Sanders. Go Bernie! May the Force be with you.

[BComplex]

3. Manchin has no intention of working with Bernie, or anyone else.

I just don't get it.

[MrsCoffee]

4. Seems he will gladly work with Republicans.

Just sayin....

[sarchasm]

5. So, maybe if you squint your eyes there's 49 votes? ...meh

[Tommymac]

6. If Manchin sees the light of Reason, Sinema will fold like a cheap house of cards.

Mark my words - Manchin is the key player. That greedy sycophant from AZ does not have the courage to stand alone.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

7. I've said since the Obama administration that

West Virginia coal mines ought to be converted to green energy producers so that we rid ourselves of the concerns of coalminers and their offspring. They should care about eliminating black lung disease, but seem not to.

[FBaggins]

8. A bit of a stretch

Immediately after Sanders said this... Manchin got into his vehicle and said "Never give up, Bernie"