The Wall Street Journal: Biden sets sights on winning conservative Democrat Manchin’s vote for Build Back Better bill

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WASHINGTON — President Biden this week will lobby Sen. Joe Manchin, the centrist West Virginia Democrat, in an attempt to lock in a deal on a roughly $ 2 trillion social-policy and climate bill that Democrats hope to finish by Christmas.

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