1. Manchin's often gets profiled as a moderate or a conservative but his actual political stance is a bit odder than that. Being a Dem Senator from a very red state, he's figured out a way vote with his party on major legislation while keeping a distance.https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1368932881754685442 …
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4. There's also the minimum wage, but he was hardly alone in voting against it. And the minimum wage can be brought up again after filibuster reform. $15 is a lift but Biden might get $12 tied to inflation, which would lift up many working poor.
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5. I say let Manchin have a few small victories if that gives him cover to vote for big Democratic bills.https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/manchin-stimulus-democrats-biden/ …
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he also argued for less money for his constituents... of all the things to "pick a fight" about-- less money for the people !
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Honestly I’m fine with scuttling
@neeratanden for a whole lot less. Like some gas station peanuts or something.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I think Schumer and most D Senators understand this and are willing to give Manchin things to visibly reject in exchange for a needed vote. That's why calls for better pre-planning from Schumer are misguided. The rejection and negotiation had to be visible to have value.
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I wonder what the chances are he traded votes with Murkowski on that anti-trans amendment
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Unless you depend on the damned UI. The difference between “no money” and “still not enough money” is vanishingly thin. If you don’t give people real solutions to problems they actually have, what you’re doing is marketing and not policy.
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