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gojoe12

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9. it's not the price

Reply to ProfessorPlum (Original post)

Tue Oct 12, 2021, 04:55 PM

Oct 2021

of the package it's what's in it.
Manchin is full of coal so he's not going to vote on anything green that takes away coal and all that black stuff.
Simena is full of pharma she's not going to vote on anything that has the government in charge of drug prices.

Unless those two things are taken out it's not going to pass. This is all my opinion

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Manchin, Sinema, and several Republicans should be _begging_ to vote for the bill by now [View all] ProfessorPlum Oct 2021 OP

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it's not the price gojoe12 Oct 2021 #9

This. Sogo Oct 2021 #10