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16. 54 votes for it, including 6 republicans, seems to point to 48 Dems and/or Ind....

Fri May 28, 2021, 01:37 PM

May 2021

accounted for. We know Sinema skipped the vote, along with 10 others, so with Manchin voting for it indicates one or two other Dems may be against it. Difi is probably one of them. Who else is suspect?

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Paging Joe Manchin [View all] EarlG May 2021 OP

I hear Pollyanna just called Manchin Takket May 2021 #1

There Are Probably At Least 5 Democrats Against Eliminating Filibuster SoCalDavidS May 2021 #2

Certainly that's the case EarlG May 2021 #4

"I actually think that Manchin probably is a principled guy." LenaBaby61 May 2021 #6

Fair enough (nt) EarlG May 2021 #11

It sort of reminds me of the story of Haggard Celine May 2021 #8

Why does he get all the blame? TwilightZone May 2021 #15

There are different -- legitimate -- reasons to complain about each, I'd say EarlG May 2021 #17

I think we're looking at it entirely from the wrong direction. TwilightZone May 2021 #25

Fair points EarlG May 2021 #32

Feinstein gets a lot of heat around here too. nt iemanja May 2021 #30

WV elected Manchin to help the GQP steal their democracy? To defend the Filibuster? lagomorph777 May 2021 #31

54 votes for it, including 6 republicans, seems to point to 48 Dems and/or Ind.... brush May 2021 #16

Hey Senator Manchin: Ilsa May 2021 #3

Faith that pigs can fly dalton99a May 2021 #5

Such a surprise, considering that "there are good people on both sides". nt eppur_se_muova May 2021 #7

Hey Joe, NAME THE 10 GOOD REPUBLICANS SoonerPride May 2021 #9

When the 34 votes against become more meaningful than the 54 votes for - we have a disfunctional Nanjeanne May 2021 #10

No doubt EarlG May 2021 #13

Yep, minority rules. That's not democracy. The filibuster is just a republican tool... brush May 2021 #18

See, that is where you're wrong... Moostache May 2021 #27

Thanks for that list. Succinct and to the point. nt erronis May 2021 #29

Hopefully he just needed Republicans to officially cross the red line. gulliver May 2021 #12

I say he won't do a damn thing. He's happy today. ZonkerHarris May 2021 #41

Manchin, party of 10? Manchin? Damn I hate these no shows. librechik May 2021 #14

Pelosi will create a HSC to investigate January 6; meanwhile, pressing Manchin is top priority Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #19

I'm not sure I can put my finger on why exactly, msfiddlestix May 2021 #24

Somebody explain to me how this preserves democracy? world wide wally May 2021 #20

No BGBD May 2021 #34

Well Done! msfiddlestix May 2021 #21

Vote. It's up to us. Joinfortmill May 2021 #22

We did vote. In fact we won the Senate and House majority. Odd how the Republicans could get Autumn May 2021 #23

What BGBD May 2021 #35

One? Not true, Mitch passed 442 bills into law. Shitty bills, knowing the pukes, but more than one. Autumn May 2021 #37

so a bunch of junk bills? BGBD May 2021 #40

No one was talking about Trumps agenda, Trumps campaign was all bullshit. Mitch passed the Autumn May 2021 #42

No he didn't BGBD May 2021 #43

There were a lot Mitch wanted that he did pass using simple majority. Autumn May 2021 #45

We eliminated BGBD May 2021 #46

Kept hearing we needed a 60 vote threshold KS Toronado May 2021 #26

Hey Joe......now what...your quote: turbinetree May 2021 #28

well said! recd Imallin4Joe May 2021 #33

Careful. You might get alerted on for "attacking Democrats". Crunchy Frog May 2021 #36

There's zero good people over there Joe. BlueNProud May 2021 #38

Someone should ask Manchin dlk May 2021 #39

I'll take DINO Joe every day of the week WarGamer May 2021 #44

I find myself agreeing with Mehdi Hasan just said on All In (extended show tonught) Nexus2 May 2021 #47