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In reply to the discussion: Manchin will vote with Senate GOPers to scrap Biden's biz vax mandate [View all]lapucelle
(18,252 posts)72. The fact that there is an impasse due to SALT negotiations is not an opinion. N/T
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Manchin will vote with Senate GOPers to scrap Biden's biz vax mandate [View all]
discocrisco01
Dec 2021
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Well, aside from his standing on Build Back Better, I think we have found the absolute middle in the
LakeVermilion
Dec 2021
#2
Senators Menendez and Sanders are working on a fix for the SALT exemption. N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#21
Noting that not all Democrats voted for BIF is a statement of fact, not a narrative.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#61
Yes, I noticed that - one of the House Democrats who voted against the infrastructure bill is now...
George II
Dec 2021
#69
Being a member of Congress and voting AGAINST the better interests of one's constituents.....
George II
Dec 2021
#67
Thing is, if we just had to worry about them, and them alone, i'm pretty sure we would have had a
ColinC
Dec 2021
#19
I've used that site many times, but mostly for a comparison of currently seated Senators or....
George II
Dec 2021
#78
which Democratic turned their back on the infrastructrue bill? This is a discussion about the Senate
ShazamIam
Dec 2021
#13
I went to sleep wondering why the comment triggered me, and realize it was the anger, when those
ShazamIam
Dec 2021
#63
The impasse has little (if anything) to do with Manchin. It's Sanders and Menendez.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#65
Difference of opinions and I disagree that Sanders and Mendez are holding it up.
ShazamIam
Dec 2021
#70
The fact that there is an impasse due to SALT negotiations is not an opinion. N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#72
The comment I first replied to was about 6 House Democratic votes and what I perceived as
ShazamIam
Dec 2021
#74
My professional opinion is that the "perception of anger" is an issue for the perceiver, not you.
George II
Dec 2021
#86
There are peer reviewed studies by behavioral scientists that confirm your professional opinion. N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#89
Sanders is holding up the bill in the same manner as Manchin has been accused of holding it up.
George II
Dec 2021
#80
Last night, Mancchin voted with Democrats against a GOP amendment to eliminate this mandate.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#4
I'm sorry, but I STILL don't trust him as far as I could throw the Empire State Building.
LenaBaby61
Dec 2021
#90
That is not clear at all. I personally support the President's mandate proposals. But I think
totodeinhere
Dec 2021
#26
So he's actively cosponsoring a bill to overturn a key part of the Biden agenda?
ColinC
Dec 2021
#10
Of course he does because that's what those poor folks in WVA want--that's the official line
jalan48
Dec 2021
#39
So then, since you claim he does it, how many votes has Manchin missed since January?
George II
Dec 2021
#96
I'll answer my own question - of 479 votes this year Manchin has missed a whopping TEN...
George II
Dec 2021
#99
There's nothing surprising about a divisive opinion piece in a national newspaper.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#82
He wins elections in West Virginia. Do you know of ANY other Democrat who could win in WV?
George II
Dec 2021
#97
Any suggestions? The party has backed EVERY Democratic Senate candidate.....
George II
Dec 2021
#101
So, find someone better but you don't know who it might be. Fact is, in my opinion, there isn't one.
George II
Dec 2021
#103
It's not a problem that Joe Manchin is a lifelong Democrat who knows how to win elections
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#98
Reading the fine print, the "bill" is actually a "resolution of disapproval", and must be passed....
George II
Dec 2021
#83
Manchin voted against the measure as an amendment in the stopgap funding bill.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#88