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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill the Warnock win
lessen the effectiveness of Mr Manchins no votes ?
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Will the Warnock win (Original Post)
Beachnutt
Dec 2022
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Claustrum
(5,056 posts)1. Kind of. But we usually have 2 problematic members from Manchin and Sinema.
Still though, 51 is always better than 50.
thomski64
(870 posts)2. Yes, and most importantly..
..all the committees will have a Dem.
majority! No longer evenly split..
Beachnutt
(8,873 posts)3. Ohhhh, Nice..
blm
(114,465 posts)7. ✔️ Yes, that was always the key get.
onetexan
(13,913 posts)8. correct, and no more power sharing as in the past couple years, very advantageous for Dems
FBaggins
(28,670 posts)4. Yes and no
Manchin will have moderately less power but losing the House means that he wont need it.
AZSkiffyGeek
(12,744 posts)6. I kind of expect that Sinema will get a lot less annoying
Mostly because she won't have the opportunity.
AZSkiffyGeek
(12,744 posts)5. Supposedly it will remove the blue-slips for judicial nominees
That's a big win for filling the courts.
