Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told reporters Thursday Democrats will have to completely start over on writing a social spending bill considered critical to the party's legislative agenda, after negotiations abruptly ended on a $1.8 trillion proposal last month when Manchin said, “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation." READ MORE: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/01/20/starting-from-scratch-manchin-says-his-counteroffer-on-spending-bill-no-longer-an-option/ Stay Connected Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes: http://forbes.com