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onetexan

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26. this is the price Dems pay for being a Big Tent party. There will always be other Joe manchins.
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 04:49 PM
Mar 2021

We just need to make sure we have majority of both chambers. A hard feat but it is what it is.

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Manchin's Committee assignments [View all] russ1943 Mar 2021 OP
Here is what I would do... caber09 Mar 2021 #1
Oh come on. That would not work. McConnell isn't running for reelection. In fact, he wants out Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #13
Let me clarify... caber09 Mar 2021 #14
Do You Have A Source For That? Me. Mar 2021 #22
maybe biden can visit WV and hang out with gov justice for a day nt msongs Mar 2021 #2
Great look BGBD Mar 2021 #15
that he supports the covid relief bill and $15 min wage msongs Mar 2021 #16
Lmao BGBD Mar 2021 #20
It's obvious that he is a very conservative democrat Tree Lady Mar 2021 #3
Winner bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #7
No but the question is not straightforward. If the Republicans were in control their behavior would CentralMass Mar 2021 #23
Yes, but the President still got 1.9 trillion to help bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #27
I miss the area too and Jim McGovern is a good man CentralMass Mar 2021 #28
Nope, he's perfectly happy being a Democrat. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #25
this is the price Dems pay for being a Big Tent party. There will always be other Joe manchins. onetexan Mar 2021 #26
I'm sure there's nothing Schumer could withhold from Manchin that Mitch wouldn't give him x10. CincyDem Mar 2021 #4
Very well put. Despite all the criticism thrown his way, Manchin is still a DEMOCRAT! George II Mar 2021 #6
And the relief package is fine...a hell of a bill! Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #12
Yeah, it will take political carrots for WV not sticks to Manchin that will get him more cooperative dutch777 Mar 2021 #17
Manchin isnt going to switch parties, and Schumer won't pull him from committees...yet Fiendish Thingy Mar 2021 #18
Reminder: Senator Manchin has voted to confirm EVERY person President Biden has nominated.... George II Mar 2021 #5
Not Tanden, his expected no forced her to be pulled bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #9
I think... Mike Nelson Mar 2021 #8
Why don't you stop...there are other Senators and Manchin is fine...you need to win more elections. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #10
Now the relief bill has passed. russ1943 Mar 2021 #24
The worst way to deal with Manchin is to penalize him Raven123 Mar 2021 #11
Without HR1, Dems will lose their majorities, and the WH, for a decade or more. Fiendish Thingy Mar 2021 #19
I am just thankful we won those two seats in Georgia Hokie Mar 2021 #21
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