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Democrats and democrats have -- republicans have been working to please manchin. there were really good programs that biden ran on. manchin, the crucial 50th vote in the senate said, no, we need to get this price tag down to 1.7 trillion, 1.75. and democrats said, okay, king manchin, we will bring it down. so they kept all those priorities more or less that were in that bill, but they shortened the amount of time that they would be in effect, which reduced the cost. king manchin said that does not work either. he called it a shell game and budget gimmick. instead he wants democrats to pick few...

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Fewer legislative priorities for longer periods of time. jordan weisman argues that prioritizing fewer items makes more sense for the long term. jordan, i liked your piece and i've seen other people make it even before manchin said it. left take manchin out of the equation. back when democrats had to deal with the idea of how do we get a $3 trillion been down to 1.75, one. choices was we'll keep what we you want pre-k, elder care, obama care fixes, expanded medicaid benefits, climate spending but we'll reduce the amounts of time. what's the problem with that? >> well, i think one easy way to t...

Next year, most of that frustration redirected at senator joe manchin and senator kyrsten sinema, both of whom seem to have run out the clock. manchin in particular, at this moment, i mean democrats working to please manchin and after months of negotiation it's not clear he will come around. back in july, democrats announced $3.5 trillion program full of major agenda items, really good programs joe biden ran on. manchin, the crucial 50th vote in the senate said no, we need to get the price tag down to 1.7 trillion, 1.75 and democrats said okay, king manchin, we will bring it down. so kept all ...

All these different pro grams for temporary amounts of time, will ultimately amount to not much in the medium term because it will be just destroyed by incoming republican congress, these people in the argument, why not focus on fewer legislative priorities for longer periods of time. in the latest piece for slate, jordan weisman argues prioritizing fewer items making them permanent is a much more reasonable way to go ensuring the safety net of the longer term. joining me now is weissman, senior editor for slate. so just take manchin out of the equation. back when democrats had to deal with th...