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Showing Original Post only (View all)Manchin signals he won't support filibuster carve-out for debt hike [View all]
Source: the hill
By Jordain Carney - 10/06/21 11:44 AM EDT
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Wednesday that he remains opposed to changing the Senates legislative filibuster, dealing a blow to progressive hopes to use a rules change as an escape hatch from a fight over the nation's borrowing limit.
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Manchin, speaking to reporters, argued that its time for Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to start negotiating.
McConnell and Schumer have not been negotiating on the debt ceiling.
I truly implore both leaders ... to engage, start working, work this out, Manchin said.
We have a responsibility to be the adults... we should not have these artificial crisis, he added. Please lead, lead, work together.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/575549-manchin-signals-he-wont-support-filibuster-carve-out-for-debt-hike
How does Schumer negotiate with a brick wall--turtle face??