We’re now in the make nice to Sen. Joe Manchin phase of legislating President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan. At least, that’s the message House Democrats have been sent. The House is gearing up to return next week to try to pass BBB, the $1.75 trillion package written to address economic inequality as well as climate change, with programs to help families, provide expanded home- and community-based health care, and incentivize green technologies. Oh, and cut taxes for everyone except the top 1%, who would pay more. All of which Manchin has a problem with. “In private, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has counseled her House colleagues not to insult Manchin, Democrats say,” to CNN. “And she has spoken positively about her relationship with the West Virginia Democrat, who gave her a statue of a coal miner this year in a gesture toward their efforts to help those workers with their pension problems, according to a person who heard her remarks.” That admonition is going to severely test fellow Democrats, including Manchin’s Senate colleague Debbie Stabenow from Michigan. Manchin’s latest demand is dropping the $4,500 boost to the tax incentives for electric vehicles that are union-made in the U.S. Toyota, Tesla, and Honda all oppose that boost. Manchin announced that he's opposed to it as well at an event at a Toyota plant in West Virginia Thursday. Read more