Schumer rejects Manchin’s call for pause on Biden plan
| Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is rejecting a call for Democrats to hit pause on President Biden’s spending plan, indicating that they are sticking to an ambitious timeline.
“We’re moving full speed ahead. …We want to keep going forward. We think getting this done is so important,” Schumer told reporters during a conference call on Wednesday. Schumer’s remarks come after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a key moderate senator, urged his colleagues to hit “pause” on Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan, which is at the heart of Democrats’ economic and legislative agenda. |
