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In reply to the discussion: Manchin warns against Democratic-only coronavirus relief bill [View all]Fiendish Thingy
(15,605 posts)27. Manchin is going to single-handedly sabotage Biden's agenda, and Cause Dems to lose majority. Nt
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left-of-center2012
Feb 2021
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I hope your assessment is right, that it is as simple as "just giving him something he wants", but
still_one
Feb 2021
#11
So put in enough state specific stuff for Alaska and Maine to get Murkowski and Collins...
RockRaven
Feb 2021
#3
"I will vote in a bipartisan way" wtf does that mean? Is he going to alternate his votes...
Thomas Hurt
Feb 2021
#4
We would lose the seat, & thus possibly control of the Senate. The best we can hope for is to gain
Celerity
Feb 2021
#32
REALLY?! This RINO wants to hold this up for WVa because his ring wasn't kissed?
PA_jen
Feb 2021
#10
Same difference really. A member of Congress looking out for his/her interest. In Manchin case he
PA_jen
Feb 2021
#34
He claims to be a Democrat but he is just sick like the rest of the Republican party. I am sick he
PA_jen
Feb 2021
#37
Unity? Where were the democratic senators/house members when the 2017 tax cut and jobs bill
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2021
#24
Manchin is going to single-handedly sabotage Biden's agenda, and Cause Dems to lose majority. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2021
#27
add in Sinema too, she goes under the radar, but is just as likely to go off the plot at times
Celerity
Feb 2021
#36
He is chair of the Senate Energy Committee, so yep, he's listening to big energy donors for sure!
MerryBlooms
Feb 2021
#38