"Joe Manchin Privately Told Colleagues Parents Use Child Tax Credit Money On Drugs"
Anyone who makes a statement like that cannot be negotiating in good faith because he is arguing based upon prejudice, stereotypes and outright bullshit rather than facts.
Accepting the rest about costs, now what?
You know damned well that WV is at or near the top of the States that will continue to suffer the most for the lack of most of the provisions in BBB.
Big picture, who benefits the most in WV? Why of course the plastic surgeons trying to reattach the noses cut off to spite faces.