Democrats ‘Not Giving Up’ on Biden Bill, Talks with Manchin

Associated PressPublished: December 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO: WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 03: U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (L) participates in a reenacted swearing-in with his wife Gayle Conelly Manchin, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. Biden swore in the newly-elected and re-elected senators earlier in the day on the floor of the current Senate chamber. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden appears determined to return to the negotiating table with Sen. Joe Manchin.

Biden says he and the West Virginia Democrat will, as Biden put it, "get something done."

The president's remarks at the White House on Tuesday were his first since Manchin effectively tanked the party's signature $2 trillion domestic policy initiative with his own jarring year-end announcement.

Later in the evening Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also struck a determined tone, telling Senate Democrats on 90-minute video call to expect a vote in January on the package as they push toward a deal.

21 Photos That Make it Painfully Obvious Why You Do Not Want to Be a Boxer

Mankind has been fighting in some form or another for as long as mankind has existed. And, it probably became a game not long after it became a prerequisite for survival. Some time around 1650BC, according to a fresco which has survived since the Bronze Age, man began using gloves. Centuries later boxing became the big stakes, big money sport that it is today. And, oh yes, there is still a lot of blood. If you are thinking about taking up boxing, take a good hard look at your nose, and then these pictures.

Gallery Credit: Kristine Bellino