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Manchin Backing $11 Federal Minimum Wage to Break Impasse Over Biden’s $15 Proposal

February 23, 2021
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-Va.) is pushing to amend the CCP virus stimulus package to mandate an $11 federal minimum wage, down from the $15 per hour minimum proposed by President Joe Biden. Biden’s package needs Manchin’s vote to pass via budget reconciliation without Republican support. But the Democrat has indicated he would not approve a…

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Manchin Opposes Biden’s Office of Management and Budget Director Nominee

February 19, 2021
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) said on Feb. 19 that he will oppose the confirmation Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, due to her partisan statements aimed at lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. “I have carefully reviewed Neera Tanden’s public statements and tweets that were personally…

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Manchin Rejects Harris’s TV Interview in West Virginia: ‘We Need to Work Together’

January 31, 2021
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a key swing vote in the Senate, said he was frustrated by Vice President Kamala Harris giving an interview in his home state of West Virginia, saying he was not notified by the Biden administration beforehand. “I saw [the interview], I couldn’t believe it. No one called me [about it],” Manchin,…

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