Source: Biden, Manchin sharply divided over $2T Dem bill
By ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin were said to be sharply divided Wednesday over Democrats' huge social and environment bill, with the holdout senator pushing to erase the measure's improved child tax credit, as leaders' hopes of passing the legislation before Christmas appear to be fading away. The rocky status of their talks, described only on condition of anonymity