Joe Manchin condemns Biden over US debt ceiling and government spending – live

• Democrat says president should negotiate with Republicans
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Good morning, US politics blog readers. The Wall Street Journal’s right-leaning editorial pages are rarely comforting reading for Democrats, and on Wednesday, they played host to a column criticizing the Biden administration from perhaps its top frenemy: Joe Manchin. West Virginia’s Democratic senator has acted as the gatekeeper for much legislation over the past two years of Biden’s administration, and in the column, he took issue with Joe Biden’s refusal to negotiate with Republicans over America’s debt limit. Manchin called for the White House to instead sit down with the opposition to find ways to reduce spending, which he argued was on an unsustainable path.

Here’s what else is going on today:

The Republican-dominated House of Representatives is expected to finish up consideration of a bill meant to lower energy costs via increased oil and gas drilling.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters at 2pm eastern time.

Biden will not stop a Republican-backed measure to end the national emergency over the Covid pandemic, according to the Associated Press.