Tuesday 7 June 2022 10:55 PM 'Hey Joe, how are ya?' Biden jokes with Manchin and smiles as he signs nine ... trends now
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President Joe Biden looked into a crowd at the White House Tuesday and could only see Joe Manchin, the man who helped tank his Build Back Better agenda but could still help him salvage major legislation.
'I need glasses,' Biden joked at the start of a bill signing in the East Room.
'When I look out, the only thing I see is Joe Manchin — hey Joe, how are ya? God, I wish I had Joe's hair,' Biden said, buttering up the West Virginia Democrat over his abundant mane.
Last year, Manchin was a fixture inside the White House – as Biden and his aides tried again and again to bring him on board for a $1.8 trillion program filled with key Democratic priorities, from climate legislation to take hikes on the wealthy and corporations.
He was one of two votes, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's (D-Ariz.), that Biden needed and courted in the failed effort to move a package under special budget reconciliation rules.
'Hey Joe, how are ya?' President Joe Biden complimented West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin during an event at the White House Tuesday
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