Ritz for The New York Times: Democrats have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve American society, not just for a few years, but permanently.

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Joe Manchin Has Handed Democrats a Chance to Save Their Agenda ([link removed])
by Ben Ritz
Director of PPI's Center for Funding America's Future
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Mr. Ritz is the director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s Center for Funding America’s Future, which released a framework ([link removed]) for paring down the Build Back Better plan in October.

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia seemingly dealt a terrible setback ([link removed]) to President Biden’s agenda on Sunday, when he told Bret Baier of Fox News that he could not support the version of the Build Back Better Act passed by the House last month. Although Democrats were rightfully frustrated by the way in which Mr. Manchin expressed his concerns, he was raising a valid critique: This bill was deeply flawed, and the “compromises” his colleagues made did nothing to address the concerns he has been consistently raising ([link removed]) since this summer.

Other Democrats may not realize it, but Mr. Manchin may well have given them a gift. They should’ve gone back to the drawing board months ago, when it first became clear ([link removed]) that their budgetary gimmickry was turning the bill into a confusing mess. Now, they will have to — and if they revise the bill to cut the number of programs they propose while making the ones they do propose permanent and easier for Americans to navigate, it could deliver Democrats both lasting policy change and the political victory they so desperately need.
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