Arizona, District of Columbia, West Virginia | October 14, 2021
GOP rallies around Manchin, Sinema
Arizona, District of Columbia, West Virginia | October 14, 2021
Republicans are rallying around Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), the centrists who are in a fierce battle with progressives in their party. Senate Republicans, despite having many policy differences with Manchin and Sinema, are singing their praises, knowing that they will be key to stopping or slowing President Biden’s ambitious agenda. Both Democrats would be top Republican targets in 2024 if they decide to run for re-election, and GOP leaders are usually loath to offer praise to such lawmakers. But in a 50-50 Senate, where Manchin and Sinema can make or break Biden’s policy goals, many Republicans hail them as saviors…. (Excerpts from the The Hill)
Arizona, West Virginia | October 1, 2021
Sen. Sinema Doubles Down on Not Supporting $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill
Arizona, West Virginia | October 1, 2021
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) doubled down on her position not to support the Democratic leadership’s $3.5 trillion spending bill on Sept. 30, while claiming that she had raised concerns about the bill with Democratic leaders in August.
On Thursday, Sinema joined Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in indicating that they would not back the bill without adjustments. Both votes are critical to the bill’s passage, and they have long maintained that the price tag is too high.
Manchin said that he would not support any bill that costs more than $1.5 trillion, adding that if Democrats wanted to do more “they can run on the rest of it later,” and that “there’s many ways to get where they want to, just not [by] doing everything at one time.”
Manchin also said that he had shared his $1.5 trillion figure with President Joe Biden…. (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
District of Columbia, West Virginia | September 12, 2021
Manchin Confirms He Will Not Vote for $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill, Sanders Fires Back
District of Columbia, West Virginia | September 12, 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) confirmed Sunday that he will not vote for a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill that contains a number of climate, social welfare, and other initiatives, arguing that the price tag is far too high.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) won’t “have my vote on” the package, Manchin said during a CNN interview, adding that “Chuck knows that, and we’ve talked about this.”
The West Virginia senator argued that too much money been spent by the federal government in recent years and expressed concerns about further increasing the national debt… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
West Virginia | July 29, 2021
Joe Manchin hit with West Virginia ads urging him to oppose Biden pick Tracy Stone-Manning
West Virginia | July 29, 2021
A pro-energy group launched ads Thursday in West Virginia urging Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III to vote against Bureau of Land Management nominee Tracy Stone-Manning over her involvement in a 1989 tree-spiking plot.
Power the Future’s six-figure ad buy focused on her decision as a graduate student to retype and mail an anonymous letter to authorities warning of spiked trees in Idaho’s Clearwater National Forest on behalf of the perpetrators.
Mr. Manchin voted last week in committee to approve her nomination, calling her a “youthful sympathizer for the environment,” while the ad accused him of backing “a Biden nominee with a history with eco-terrorists.”
“Joe Manchin claims he is the most independent, bipartisan member of Congress,’” says the 30-second ad. “But he’s supporting a Biden nominee with a history with eco-terrorists. Tracy Stone-Manning colluded with a group engaged in tree spiking, a terrorist tactic that maims and even kills unlucky workers. If that doesn’t disqualify someone from running federal lands, what does?”
Mr. Manchin also voted Tuesday to discharge her nomination to the full Senate after the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee split 10-10 along party lines on her bid to head the agency…. (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
District of Columbia, West Virginia | June 9, 2021
Will Joe Manchin let Chuck Schumer abolish the filibuster to nationalize election laws and establish Democratic one-party rule in the Senate?
District of Columbia, West Virginia | June 9, 2021
This month, the U.S. Senate will be taking up S. 1, legislation to nationalize U.S. election law and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is setting the stage for a showdown on the fate of the filibuster, which has stood since 1917.
Having failed to get much moving in the way of major legislation — Democrats need 10 Republicans to support any permanent changes of law — Schumer told reporters last week, “I think the events of the last few days, probably made every member of our caucus, realize that a lot of our Republican colleagues are not willing to work with us on a whole lot of issues, even issues where we tried to be bipartisan.”
On the eliminating the filibuster, Schumer promised, “everything is on the table.”
Democrats have made clear that their signature legislation of the Biden presidency is nationalizing election law — they’re H.R. 1 and S. 1 in the House and Senate, respectively, indicating their top priority among House and Senate Democratic leaders — and the only question is whether they have enough votes…
(Excerpts from the Daily Torch)
District of Columbia, West Virginia | June 7, 2021
Manchin Comes Out against H.R. 1., Says Partisan Voting Legislation ‘Will Destroy’ U.S. Democracy
District of Columbia, West Virginia | June 7, 2021
Senator Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.) said Sunday that he will vote against Democrats’ “For the People Act” and will also oppose weakening or eliminating the filibuster as he believes partisan voting legislation “will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy.”
Manchin’s comments came in an op-ed he penned for the Charleston Gazette-Mail that was published on Sunday.
“Unfortunately, we now are witnessing that the fundamental right to vote has itself become overtly politicized,” writes Manchin, who previously served as West Virginia’s secretary of state. “Today’s debate about how to best protect our right to vote and to hold elections, however, is not about finding common ground, but seeking partisan advantage. Whether it is state laws that seek to needlessly restrict voting or politicians who ignore the need to secure our elections, partisan policymaking won’t instill confidence in our democracy — it will destroy it.”
He adds that any federal voting rights legislation must be the result of both parties joining together to find a compromise lest lawmakers “risk further dividing and destroying the republic we swore to protect and defend as elected officials”
(Excerpts from the National Review)