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But we can't afford to split it into individual bills because it is so hard to pass bills through the Senate in the first place. That's the whole point. You tie things together in a package deal to increase the chances more things get passed.

I don't agree that Dems don't have options for dealing with Manchin, but even if I did the problem is that leadership has consistently promised they had ways around him while displaying a lack of ability to deliver.