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Sen. Joe Manchin<\/a> is \u201cgettable\u201d on a revised Build Back Better package, a key part of the Biden administration’s agenda, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he’s gettable. I think we will get him. I think this is going to happen,\u201d Raimondo said during a POLITICO Women Rule<\/a> interview.<\/p>\n It was opposition from Manchin (D-W.Va.) that effectively sunk Democrats’ plans<\/a> late last year to pass President Joe Biden’s massive social spending package, which includes provisions on child care, education, climate change and infrastructure, through an evenly-divided Senate. Manchin has not ruled out supporting a retooled and scaled-back package<\/a> but negotiations on such a bill have yet to take shape. The West Virginia senator said last month that such talks would be \u201cstarting from scratch, whenever they start.\u201d<\/a> \u201cHe is publicly on record saying he supports investments in the care economy and supports the investments to bring about universal pre-K,\u201d Raimondo said. \u201cWe know there are a large parts of it he does support.\u201d<\/p>\n “Huge infrastructure\u201d packages can take a long time to pass, Raimondo said, recalling a legislative push during her tenure as Rhode Island governor that took months longer than expected. But \u201csooner is better,” she said, urging for a version of the president’s spending plan to make its way through Congress in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
With no margin for error in the Senate, any legislation would need the support of Manchin \u2014 and every other Democratic senator \u2014 in order to pass.<\/p>\n