(Emil Lippe | The New York Times) A tattered American flag on a fence post in Angus, Texas, Dec. 7, 2021. "I don't know why Senator Joe Manchin apparently decided to go back on an explicit promise he made to President Biden," writes The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. "What I do know is that there will be huge human and, yes, economic costs if Biden's moderate but crucial spending plans fall by the wayside."
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