Biden Falters in Push to Reframe Debt Debate, Thwarting Agenda

The Biden administration’s attempt to reframe thinking around federal debt and win backing for a sweeping expansion of the American social safety net looks to have faltered, undone in large part by an inflationary surge that stiffened the resistance of a key Democratic senator.

The conflict between President Joe Biden and Joe Manchin over the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan came to a head Sunday, when the West Virginia senator invoked the size of the national debt in pulling his support.

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