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Showing Original Post only (View all)OMG This explains it all. [View all]
https://www.rawstory.com/manchin-for-the-people/Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat famous for his vow to maintain the Senate filibuster and thereby scuttle much of President Biden's agenda, recently published an op-ed opposing the For the People Act, Democrats' whopping voting-rights bill. That article strongly echoed talking points from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and appeared shortly after the influential pro-business lobby resumed donations to Manchin's campaign after nearly a decade.
Manchin, who co-sponsored the sweeping voting rights legislation in 2019 and has supported filibuster reform in the past, became the first Senate Democrat to oppose the bill this week while reiterating his opposition to changing the filibuster, a key roadblock to voting reform. Skeptical members of Manchin's party have questioned the reasons for his opposition, especially after after a recent poll found that a majority of West Virginia voters support changing the filibuster rules and that 79% of the state's voters including a large majority of Republicans support the For the People Act.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., suggested that Manchin's opposition to the proposal and filibuster reform may really be about measures in the bill aimed at cracking down on lobbyists and dark money.
"This is probably just as much a part of Joe Manchin's calculus than anything else," she told MSNBC on Tuesday. "You look at the Koch brothers and you look at organizations like the Heritage Foundation and conservative lobby groups that are doing a victory lap ... over the fact that Manchin refuses to change on the filibuster. And I think that these two things are very closely intertwined."
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Mitch McConnell's announcement just Machin's, "princpled," position dumber than a laughing donkey.l
ShazamIam
Jun 2021
#6
"This is probably....." Hey, they both work in the same building. Why doesn't she just ASK him?
George II
Jun 2021
#12
Maybe some rich donor should ask manchin how much they need to donate to him to support
kimbutgar
Jun 2021
#18
Bit of a stretch here - BUT when a single individual holds the key (or at least it seems that way)
NoMoreRepugs
Jun 2021
#23
So get the dark money out of the bill and make it about fair elections...the money will
Demsrule86
Jun 2021
#29
Joe Manchin Doesn't Give a Flyin' F*** About What His Constituents Back Home Think
panfluteman
Jun 2021
#39
So disgusted with manchin, I could jump through a plate glass window.
BlancheSplanchnik
Jun 2021
#61