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Sen. Manchin Supports Breaking Infrastructure Package Up for Possible Bipartisan Support

March 18, 2021
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Thursday that he supports the idea of breaking the large infrastructure package into three parts to build bipartisan support for the different priorities. “Well, the reason they couldn’t do it the first time was that we had the urgency of the COVID vaccine. So that’s why it wasn’t done. That’s a…

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Manchin Says He’ll Block Biden’s Next Big Package if Republican Views Are Ignored

March 8, 2021
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told “Axios on HBO” in an interview published Monday that he will block President Joe Biden’s next major legislative initiative unless more effort is made to include Republican voices. Manchin told the outlet that the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that cleared the Senate this weekend could have won some Republican…

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