Video above: Dems' Build Back Better bill passes divided HouseDemocratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he cannot back his party맥스카지노�s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill, dealing a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden맥스카지노�s leading domestic initiative heading into an election year when Democrats맥스카지노� narrow hold on Congress was already in peril.Manchin told 맥스카지노�Fox News Sunday맥스카지노� that after five-and-half months of negotiations among Democrats in which he was his party's chief obstacle to passage, 맥스카지노�I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can맥스카지노�t. I맥스카지노�ve tried everything humanly possible. I can맥스카지노�t get there."Manchin's choice of words seemed to crack the door open to continued talks with Biden and top congressional Democrats over reshaping the legislation. But the West Virginia senator all but said the bill would die unless it met his demands for a smaller, less sweeping package 맥스카지노� something that would be hard for many Democrats in the narrowly divided Congress to accept.The bill would provide hundreds of billions of dollars to help millions of families with children by extending a more generous child tax credit, creating free preschool and bolstering child care aid. There is more than $500 billion for tax breaks and spending aimed at curbing carbon emissions, which experts consider the largest federal expenditure ever to combat climate change.Other provisions would limit prescription drug price increases, create hearing benefits for Medicare recipients and bolster aid for the elderly, housing and job training. Nearly all of it would be paid for with higher taxes on the wealthy and large corporations.In an unusually hardball response to a lawmaker whose vote is crucial in the 50-50 Senate, White House press secretary Jen Psaki called Manchin맥스카지노�s announcement 맥스카지노�a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�a breach of his commitments맥스카지노� to Biden and congressional Democrats. She pointedly said that Manchin, whose state is among the nation's poorest, 맥스카지노�will have to explain" why many families will have to cope with higher health and child care costs the bill is intended to address.Psaki said in a statement that Manchin had 맥스카지노�in person맥스카지노� given Biden a written proposal last Tuesday that was 맥스카지노�the same size and scope맥스카지노� of a framework for the bill that Democrats rallied behind in October. That outline had a 10-year cost of $1.85 trillion.She said when Manchin spoke to Biden, the White House believed a compromise was possible and that Manchin agreed to continue talks. 맥스카지노�We will continue to press him to see if he will reverse his position yet again, to honor his prior commitments and be true to his word,맥스카지노� Psaki said.A progressive advocate said Sunday that during Biden's talk with Manchin this past week, the president had raised pressure on the senator to back the legislation. But this advocate and a person who spoke earlier in the week said the men's conversation went poorly and was unproductive. These sources were not authorized to publicly discuss the private talks and spoke on condition of anonymity.A Manchin aide gave the White House about a 20-minute notice before Manchin announced his position on national television, said a person familiar with the senator's actions who described them only on condition of anonymity.The legislation맥스카지노�s collapse would deepen bitter ideological divisions between progressive and moderate Democrats. That would imperil the party's ability to get behind any substantial legislation before the November congressional elections, when their control of Congress seems in doubt. And it would add a note of chaos just as Democrats need to demonstrate accomplishments and show a united front to voters.Manchin's declaration was a stunning repudiation of Biden맥스카지노�s and his party맥스카지노�s top goal. A rejection of the legislation has been seen by many as unthinkable because of the political damage it could inflict on Democrats.It is rare for a member of a president맥스카지노�s own party to administer a fatal blow to their paramount legislative objective. Manchin맥스카지노�s decision called to mind the famous thumbs-down vote by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that killed President Donald Trump맥스카지노�s 2017 effort to repeal the health care law enacted under President Barack Obama.Manchin's comments, as Congress was on a holiday recess, drew fury from Democratic colleagues he already has enraged and frustrated for months. Other problems have arisen, caused by another moderate Democrat, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, and bickering between progressives and centrists, but none has approached the magnitude of Manchin's stands.Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said in a written statement that if Manchin wants to oppose the legislation, 맥스카지노�He should have the opportunity to do so with a floor vote as soon as the Senate returns."Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state, a leader of House progressives, said Manchin 맥스카지노�routinely touts that he is a man of his word, but he can no longer say that. West Virginians, and the country, see clearly who he is."Centrist lawmakers piled on as well.맥스카지노�One Democratic U.S. Senator has now summarily walked away from productive negotiations. That is unacceptable, and we cannot act like this moment is the end,맥스카지노� said Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va.Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., reiterated moderates' desire to see the bill refocused on fewer programs. "Failure is not an option," she said.South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, had spent weeks trying to turn Manchin against the bill by saying it was too expensive. "I very much appreciate" Manchin's opposition, Graham said.Manchin said he was opposing the 10-year, roughly $2 trillion bill because of his concerns about inflation, growing federal debt and a need to focus on the omicron COVID-19 variant. He also wants all of the bill's initiatives to last the measure's full 10-year duration. Democrats made many of them temporary to limit the bill's cost, which Manchin says is misleading.The bill's extension of enhanced child tax credit benefits, including monthly checks to millions of families, would only be extended one year. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected the credit's full 10-year cost at $1.6 trillion, nearly the size of the entire package Manchin says he'd accept. To fit, any compromise would likely have to reduce the tax credit's benefits and deeply cut many other proposals.Democrats dismiss Manchin맥스카지노�s assertions that the bill would fuel inflation and worsen budget deficits.They say its annual spending would be a tiny percentage of the country's $23 trillion economy and have little impact on prices. Its job training, education and other initiatives would spur economic growth and curb inflation long-term, they say.Democrats note that CBO estimated the bill's savings would leave it adding $200 billion to federal deficits over the coming decade, small compared to the $12 trillion in red ink already projected.___Associated Press writer Josh Boak in Wilmington, Delaware, and AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.