Sen. Susan Collins said the ' surprise deal to revive parts of President 's Build Back Better plan may have doomed Republican support to codify gay marriage. 'I think the timing could not have been worse and it came totally out of the blue,' Collins , referring to Wednesday's announcement that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin had agreed on a $430 billion reconciliaiton bill, which included a number of healthcare, climate and tax provisions. The announcement came in the hours after the Senate passed the CHIPS Act, which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had threatened to derail if Democrats tried to bring Build Back Better back.
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