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May 22, 2022

Joe Manchin

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Voting bill showdown looms as GOP rejects Manchin plan

June 21, 2021 Brian Slodysko and Christtina A. Cassidy, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate is set for a key vote Tuesday on a sweeping federal takeover of voting and election laws, setting up a dramatic test of Democratic unity on a top priority that […]

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ERICKSON: The death of democracy is overstated

June 19, 2021 Erick Erickson

If QAnon is a right-wing conspiracy theory, the Democrats’ allegations that Republicans are killing democracy is the left’s conspiracy. They have convinced themselves that the Jan. 6, 2021, incursion into the Capitol was the worst […]

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Barber leads West Virginia protest against US Sen Manchin

June 16, 2021 Cuneyt Dil, Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hundreds of protesters upset with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition to a sweeping overhaul of U.S. election law marched through West Virginia’s capital city on Monday evening. Goldsboro’s Rev. William Barber, […]

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Manchin’s opposition clouds future of Dems’ elections bill

June 8, 2021 Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A key Democratic senator says he will not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation, leaving no plausible path forward for legislation that his party […]

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JOHNSTON: Have Democrats found a way to bypass the filibuster? Yes and no

April 15, 2021 Kelly D. Johnston

Clever minds have been at work in the U.S. Senate to find a way to circumvent the filibuster — that pesky rule that requires a three-fifths super-majority to end debate and bring a matter to […]

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Manchin, key Senate swing vote, boosts West Virginia’s hopes

March 11, 2021 Cuneyt Dil, Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Reviving West Virginia’s economically battered coal towns and reversing a persistent population decline is a tall order. But Sen. Joe Manchin, who grew up in the mountain town of Farmington, has emerged […]

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Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9T virus bill

March 3, 2021 Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats to rally behind a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill and stood by his proposed $1,400 payments to individuals, even as some party moderates sought to dial […]

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Budget nominee Tanden withdraws nomination amid opposition

March 2, 2021 Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from key Democratic and Republican senators. Her withdrawal marks the […]

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Key senators oppose Biden budget pick, confirmation at risk

February 22, 2021 Dino Hazell, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget was thrown further into doubt on Monday as moderate Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine […]

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Collins says she’ll vote against Biden budget nominee Tanden

February 22, 2021 Dino Hazell, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget was thrown further into doubt on Monday as moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine […]

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