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The White House came out hard against Sen. Joe Manchin after its talks with him on President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar spending bill collapsed, but the West Virginia Democrat says officials should look in the mirror.

On Monday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told CNN she is "not giving up" on the Democrats' Build Back Better agenda, even though Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin has refused to vote for it.

On Monday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told CNN she is "not giving up" on the Democrats' Build Back Better agenda, even though Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin has refused to vote for it.

Most Democrats, including progressives, are unwilling to reflect on the strategic errors they made along the way.

President Joe Biden. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster The Ed. Dept. is considering extending the pause on student-loan payments past Feb. 1. It will announce

Rep. Jamaal Bowman accused Sen. Joe Manchin of not caring about African Americans and other minority groups “as a White man.”

On Monday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told CNN she is "not giving up" on the Democrats' Build Back Better agenda, even though Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin has refused to vote for it.

Today's Water Cooler

Morning, official optimist of the rachel maddow show. hard di to be the professional optimist. >> it is really true. but im mott giving up the role. but you know i always tell you the truth. and i think the truth needed to be told here, rachel, which was that senator manchin did make a commitment to the president on the framework that the president, you know, unveiled to us the day before he went to kopp and that framework would never have happened had the progressive caucus in the house not sto...

Everything he wants to do on the issue of climate. democrats need all 50 democratic senators to vote for that bill if its going to pass this weekend after he strung everybody along for the better part of a year supposedly negotiating toward something he would vote yes on, something he had agreed he could support in principle. senator joe manchin went on fox news this weekend and said none of these negotiations have made any difference to him and hes a no no matter what. the white house put out a...