Former Sen. Joe Manchin ’s new memoir reveals that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) struck a secret written deal with him in 2021 to cap former President Joe Biden ’s signature spending plan at $1.5 trillion, an agreement Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discovered months later that left her “furious” and exposed deep fissures among Democratic leadership.

The Washington Examiner obtained a copy of Manchin’s book, Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense , before its release on Sept. 16.

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In the book, Manchin, the Democrat-

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