In a Sept. 2 opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Joe Manchin, a critical Democratic swing vote, came out against his party’s expansive $3.5 trillion budget, calling for a “strategic pause” to consider the legislation’s consequences. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have since criticized…
Schumer, Pelosi Criticize Manchin for Opposition to $3.5 Trillion Budget
Pelosi ‘Very Confident’ Democrats Will Retain House in 2022 Midterms
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday said she believes Democrats will keep their majority in the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterms, dismissing poll numbers and internal warnings that the GOP will take over. “I’m very confident that we will win the House,” Pelosi told reporters Friday in response to a question about…
Tyson Foods to Require COVID-19 Vaccines for All American Workers
Meat processing giant Tyson Foods said it would require COVID-19 vaccines for all its 120,000 U.S. workers, aiming for total vaccination by Nov. 1. Tyson Chief Executive Donnie King said that the effort is the best way to protect the health of the company’s workforce amid new strains of COVID-19. “We did not take this decision…
Sen. Manchin: No Guarantee $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Package Will Pass
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a key swing vote for the Democrats’ agenda, didn’t say whether he would vote on a Democrat-backed $3.5 trillion spending bill. For weeks, congressional Democrats have floated passing the White House-backed measure via the budget reconciliation process, which allows them to overcome a possible Republican filibuster and approve it with a…
Sen. Joe Manchin Weighs Running for Re-Election After Saying He Wouldn’t
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) could vie for another term in 2024 despite vowing in 2018 he would not, as he now enjoys tremendous power as the most moderate Democrat in the Senate. “You never know. You don’t know. There’s always a chance, absolutely,” Manchin, 73, told Politico. “You better be prepared, that’s all I can…
Sen. Joe Manchin Weighs Running for Reelection After Saying He Wouldn’t
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) could vie for another term in 2024, despite vowing in 2018 that he wouldn’t do so, as he now holds tremendous power as the most moderate Democrat in the Senate. “You never know. You don’t know. There’s always a chance, absolutely,” Manchin, 73, told Politico. “You better be prepared, that’s all…
Manchin to Vote Yes on Motion to Debate Sweeping Election Bill
Senate Democrats have succeeded in convincing Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to vote to advance a broad election reform bill to a debate on the Senate floor. Manchin said in a statement that he has been working for weeks to “eliminate the far reaching provisions” of S.1, also known as the For the People Act. “I’ve found…
Biden Meets With Sinema, Manchin to Talk Election Bill, Infrastructure
President Joe Biden on Monday met with two Democrat senators who have so far refused to support some of the more radical party priorities, including an election bill that would federalize major components of elections. Biden convened with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in the afternoon at the White House. According to a White House official,…
McConnell: Manchin’s Election Reform Proposal Still ‘Rotten To The Core’
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday said he believes all Republicans will oppose Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) “compromise” on the Democratic party’s election-related bill that has been dubbed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top Democrats as the “For the People Act.” McConnell in a statement pushed back against Manchin’s slimmed-down…
Manchin Refuses to Guarantee Support for Two-Track Infrastructure Push
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Wednesday said that he’s not sure if he supports ramming another package through Congress after some in his party have tried securing a commitment from him in exchange for voting for the bill a bipartisan group that includes him came out with. “If they don’t like it, they should vote…
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