Current Events > Manchin is opposing big parts of Biden's agenda as Koch network pressures him

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/08/joe-manchin-is-opposing-big-parts-of-bidens-agenda-as-the-koch-network-pressures-him.html

The political advocacy group backed by billionaire Charles Koch has been pressuring Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to oppose key parts of the Democratic agenda, including filibuster reform and voting rights legislation. That lobbying effort appears to be paying off. Manchin, in a recent op-ed, wrote that he opposed eliminating the filibuster and that he would not vote for the For the People Act, which, advocates say, would limit the influence of big donors on elections. President Joe Biden has called some of the voting restrictions proposed by Republican leaders in several states sick and un-American. The president has praised the For the People Act and has said the filibuster must be changed. Sixty votes are needed to break the filibuster in the Senate in order to allow legislation to get a final vote. Democrats, who have 50 seats, have narrow control of the chamber because of Vice President Kamala Harris tie-breaking vote.

Americans for Prosperity launched a website titled West Virginia Values, which calls on people to email Manchin to be The Voice West Virginia Needs In D.C. Reject Washingtons Partisan Agenda. It then lists all of the items Manchin has promised to oppose, including the idea of eliminating the filibuster, the For the People Act and packing the Supreme Court. It then shows everything the group believes Manchin should oppose, including Bidens infrastructure plan and the union-friendly PRO Act.

He should just come out of the closet as a Republican already.

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I'm honestly expecting him to switch parties at this point.

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Keep the pressure on Manchin. If he chooses to act as an enemy of democracy, we need to make that choice as painful for him as possible. He needs to have every incentive to change course.

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surprine surprine

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how convenient a position

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You'd think if Biden cared enough he would have gave Manchin a call by now asking wtf he wants in order to make shit work.
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Manchin is going to answer to whom votes him in, and right now that's the people of West Virginia. And WV is probably the reddest state in the land.

It's practically a lose-lose for the DNC. They either pressure Manchin publicly and he bends, and then a GOP challenger in his state primaries him and GOP gets the seat, or he changes his D to an R, and GOP gets the seat.

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EnterTheTekken posted...

Manchin is going to answer to whom votes him in, and right now that's the people of West Virginia. And WV is probably the reddest state in the land.

It's practically a lose-lose for the DNC. They either pressure Manchin publicly and he bends, and then a GOP challenger in his state primaries him and GOP gets the seat, or he changes his D to an R, and GOP gets the seat.

Dude, Manchin is being pressured by billionaires to oppose the For The People Act, not his constituents.

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