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38. Johnson had 68 seats in the Senate and almost 300 in the House.

Reply to machoneman (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 25, 2022, 07:23 PM

Jul 2022

It's easy to make threats when you have supermajorities.

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Federal Agency Staffers Call for Manchin to Be Stripped of His Chairmanship [View all] AntivaxHunters Jul 2022 OP

Willing To Bet Any Amount Of Money That He Does Not Lose His Chairmanship nt SoCalDavidS Jul 2022 #1

I agree padah513 Jul 2022 #3

Not before January anyway... OnDoutside Jul 2022 #28

Of course not, they are not going to do anything to push Manchin into the arms of McConnell Bev54 Jul 2022 #35

and send him over to the ethics committee for a colonoscopy. mopinko Jul 2022 #2

We are waaaayyy too reticent about that blackmail thing. We ought to have gotten Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #15

Yes. Hire the PI who followed Spitzer and find the dirt. I'm sure Rs won't suspect a thing. Pepsidog Jul 2022 #40

You know there are definitely at least 5 with stuff they don't want Mama and their Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #41

Even if appropriate, Mr.Bill Jul 2022 #4

Joe should! Lyndon Johnson did similar things to reign in suspect D's by putting the big hurt... machoneman Jul 2022 #5

I liked LBJ's style, Mr.Bill Jul 2022 #8

No he shouldn't. onenote Jul 2022 #9

LBJ knew The Wizard Jul 2022 #34

Johnson had 68 seats in the Senate and almost 300 in the House. NYC Liberal Jul 2022 #38

Do that Rebl2 Jul 2022 #6

"Will become" orangecrush Jul 2022 #18

OK Rebl2 Jul 2022 #20

Laugh all you want. What matters now is what side of aisle he sits on. Jakes Progress Jul 2022 #22

I'm on board with that. Autumn Jul 2022 #7

Are you on board for a republican majority in the Senate? Jakes Progress Jul 2022 #26

I doubt he would be willing to give up his chairs, he should know he gives the pukes a majority Autumn Jul 2022 #43

A man as evil as manchin working with a shit like mcconnel Jakes Progress Jul 2022 #44

Long ready for JM to be gone, and now DGAFF about the consequences, appears too dirty AF for me. Brainfodder Jul 2022 #10

Incredibly silly. Manchin can strip Democrats of the majority. tritsofme Jul 2022 #11

Absolutely Rebl2 Jul 2022 #19

I really despise Truth.org... help Republican almost always. Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #12

The fossil fuel industry OWNS Manchin. The care only about their bottom line. Their miners be damn Samrob Jul 2022 #13

Well, now that's something you don't see every day... Fiendish Thingy Jul 2022 #14

We need to vote this fall like there's no tomorrow. calimary Jul 2022 #16

As bad as he is he is better than anyone else we can doc03 Jul 2022 #17

Tragic. I don't doubt you and the coal baron Manchin and his Maserati rule supreme. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #21

They should take a class in how elections work JI7 Jul 2022 #23

They're staffers. They know elections work. MerryBlooms Jul 2022 #31

What they are asking for here is to make Mitch McConnell Senate leader JI7 Jul 2022 #32

No, they're begging for action from sources they trust. MerryBlooms Jul 2022 #37

What they are asking for here is to make McConnell Senate leader JI7 Jul 2022 #42

November. roamer65 Jul 2022 #24

They want Mitch McConnell to be Senate leader JI7 Jul 2022 #25

The timing is silly and incredibly short sighted... dixiechiken1 Jul 2022 #27

It is stupid. Three months before the midterms to play this game. Instead of waiting until after JohnSJ Jul 2022 #29

Instead of treating Manchin as if he is a Democrat, treat him as the republican he is. Handler Jul 2022 #30

Make Manchin irrelevant in November. That's the only solution I can see. OMGWTF Jul 2022 #33

If you mean elect two more democratic senators, absolutely Hortensis Jul 2022 #45

Perhaps Chuck will send them a memo. Magoo48 Jul 2022 #36

TruthOut is aptly named nt gulliver Jul 2022 #39