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KPN
KPN's Journal
KPN's Journal
September 28, 2021
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Biden, Schumer and Pelosi need to find a club to use against Manchin -- and use it.
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/28/west-virginia-joe-biden-spending-plan-popular|
In deep red West Virginia, Biden's $3.5tn spending proposal is immensely popular
When the nonpartisan nonprofit WorkMoney surveyed more than 50,000 of its 2 million members nationwide, it found 81% of respondents said they supported this plan. That includes 90% of liberals who took the survey, 81% of moderates and 66% of conservatives.
Conservative backing appears even more robust in West Virginia, home of Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is one of the critical holdouts on the budget bill and whose efforts could derail the entire plan or see large chunks of it scrapped as he balks at the budgets price tag.
But according to the survey, 80% of more than 800 people surveyed in his home state believe he should vote to pass the bill. That includes 77% of conservatives who responded to the survey.
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Biden, Schumer and Pelosi need to find a club to use against Manchin -- and use it.
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/28/west-virginia-joe-biden-spending-plan-popular|
September 10, 2021
Ho hum. Doesn't matter -- that's what voter suppression
laws and rigged election hysteria are for you silly rabbit.