вЂњHeвЂ™ll listen to Mark Warner, but he wonвЂ™t do what he wants.вЂќ вЂњI donвЂ™t think theyвЂ™ll be able to coax him back into BBB,вЂќ the source close to Manchin told Playbook. However they want to characterize the effort, theyвЂ™re still far from having Manchin on board. Warner is not negotiating on behalf of the White House.вЂќ вЂњA wide range of members are working on Build Back Better,вЂќ said White House spokesperson ANDREW BATES, вЂњbut Sen. I wouldnвЂ™t call those conversations вЂnegotiations.вЂ™вЂќ вЂњThey talk regularly, sometimes about policy and sometimes just shooting the breeze. Manchin are good friends,вЂќ a Warner spokesperson told Playbook. Spokespeople for both Warner and Biden demurred about the specifics of the Virginia senatorвЂ™s exact role in the effort to win over Manchin. But heвЂ™s still angry with chief of staff RON KLAIN, who he believes told press secretary JEN PSAKI to вЂњunleash the dogsвЂќ in a heated White House statement after the senator announced on вЂњFox News SundayвЂќ that he was a вЂњnoвЂќ on the bill. Manchin has spoken to STEVE RICCHETTI, BidenвЂ™s Hill whisperer, once since Christmas.

The West Virginia Democrat has complained about a lack of вЂњeffective outreachвЂќ or вЂњresetвЂќ by top White House aides, and blamed them for making the BBB negotiations too personal. вЂњHeвЂ™s not in the mindset of moving forward,вЂќ said a source close to Manchin. Privately, he has been even more pessimistic. Manchin has said publicly that heвЂ™s not negotiating with the White House.

Two senior Senate sources said that Warner, one of ManchinвЂ™s closest friends and his former housemate, will be involved in any future BBB talks. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) in hopes of resurrecting President JOE BIDENвЂ™s Build Back Better plan. MARK WARNER (D-Va.) to help thaw out its frosty relationship with Sen.

| Samuel Corum/Getty Images DRIVING THE DAY Joe ManchinвЂ™s closest friends and his former housemate, will be involved in any future BBB talks.

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