Has Senator Manchin ever filibustered anything in a Republican controlled Senate?

[LiberalFighter]

[George II]

1. Has Senator Manchin ever filibustered anything in a Democratic controlled Senate?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. Sshhh... Don't want to stop the outrage nt

[Dem4Life1102]

4. Lulz

[George II]

5. Lulz. What does that have to do with Senator Manchin?

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[Dem4Life1102]

9. Lulz

[George II]

11. Wha'?

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[George II]

13. ....

[George II]

18. Why are you stalking me today? You've done this NINE times, all with the same "Lulz" subject.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15316327

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15316344

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15316071

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[Maraya1969]

8. Yes! Or he doesn't have to because he knows he controls everything.

[jaxexpat]

3. He only comes out for general elections. When he blooms to Republicans as "the good Democrat".

Between elections he's the quiet Democrat unless there's occasion to instruct Democrats on how they should behave in public. He has made channelling the spirit of Robert Byrd a sexennial art form. To change the current form of the filibuster would place him closer to.the Democratic camp than he or his constituents would find comfortable. He's not a principalled man, you see.

[FBaggins]

6. Of course he did

Twice on the CARES act, at least once on Trump's border wall, a couple supposedly "relief" covid bills just before the election

And that's just last year.

[Captain Zero]

7. Good Question. Bump. nt.

[Hortensis]

10. Republicans filibuster to BLOCK passage of legislation

Democratic Party issues. They want to pass bills that cut taxes and stack the judiciary with party servants, which only require simple majorities; i.e., they don't need the filibuster for those.

Otoh, Democrats typically want to PASS, not block, a lot more of the kind of bills that require 60 votes (usually nonbudget, nonjudicial appointment issues), like, oh, gun control laws.

So the filibuster is far more useful to the Republicans than to Democrats. And that's why you don't see us using it the way they do.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. No, b/c Manchin wants whatever Mitch McConnell wants.

[Hortensis]

17. Simply not true. He votes with both parties, and in no way

is he part of the Republican insurrectionist caucuses. They've gone completely corrupt and traitorous over there, you know.

[lame54]

15. He's a self serving fraud

[budkin]

19. THIS x 10000000

We need to oust him once we get a larger marjority.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Dems filibuster attempts to repeal the ACA

Without the filibuster, trump would have repealed the ACA and we would still be waiting for his replacement plan

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