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Senator Joe Manchin said he could not support President Biden's social policy bill, all but dooming Democrats' drive to pass it as written.

Sunday, December 19, 2021 10:04 AM EST

"I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation," Mr. Manchin said on "Fox News Sunday," citing concerns about adding to the national debt. "I've tried everything humanly possible. I can't get there. This is a no."

The comments from Mr. Manchin, a crucial Democratic holdout, dealt the latest, perhaps fatal blow to the centerpiece of Mr. Biden's domestic agenda. With Republicans united in opposing the legislation, Democrats needed to secure the vote of every senator in their party for the measure to pass an evenly divided Senate.

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