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Manchin and Schumer signed $1.5T Build Back Better framework in 2021

Katherine Hamilton · Are Biden’s climate ambitions in Congress dead? · Jul 19, 2022 · at 6:27

Energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton discusses the timeline of federal climate negotiations and how earlier bipartisan frameworks broke down before reaching the Senate floor.

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“July of twenty-twenty-one, Senators Manchin and Schumer signed an agreement where Manchin said, here are all the things I'm willing to put, 1.5 trillion dollars worth of things into this Build Back Better package. Chuck Schumer signed off on it, and at that point, we were off and running”

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The claim, plainly

In July 2021, Senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer signed an agreement establishing a $1.5 trillion framework for the Build Back Better package.

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Assessment

On July 28, 2021, Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer signed a one-page document titled 'Agreement to Start Budget Resolution.' The document established a $1.5 trillion topline framework and specific spending/tax parameters for the reconciliation package that became known as the Build Back Better legislation. The document, bearing the signatures of both senators (with a handwritten note by Schumer stating 'I will try to change Joe on some of these'), was obtained and published by Politico on September 30, 2021, and its authenticity and July 2021 signing were confirmed by both Manchin and Schumer's office.

Politico published a leaked one-page agreement titled 'Agreement to Start Budget Resolution' dated July 28, 2021, featuring a 'Topline: $1.5 Trillion' for reconciliation.
The document was signed in July 2021 by both Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
On September 30, 2021, both Senator Manchin and a spokesperson for Senator Schumer publicly confirmed the existence and signing of the July 2021 agreement.

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[1] wikipedia.org [2] politico.com [3] businessinsider.com [4] theweek.com

Manchin Schumer signed agreement July 2021 1.5 trillion Build Back Better Politico Manchin Schumer document July 28 2021 1.5 trillion

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