Manchin Throws a Wrench in his Own Party's Filibuster Plans
Every president has a thorn within their own party
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My fellow countrymen,
Every presidential administration seems to have a thorn in their side from within their own party. Well, President Trump seemed to have a ton of RINOs to deal with during his own time as president, so probably more so than a regular administration.
However, Joe Biden seems to have at least one thorn coming within the Democrats- Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
Sen. Joe Manchin says he "can’t imagine" supporting making an exception to Senate filibuster rules in order to pass the Democrats’ wide ranging elections and campaign finance reform bill, which is a top priority for his party.
"I can’t imagine a carve-out," the moderate Democratic senator from West Virginia said on Sunday during an interview on CNN’s "State of the Union" when asked if he could back such a move.
The filibuster, a longstanding Senate tradition requiring 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to advance a bill, effectively allows the minority party to block certain legislation. The Senate is currently evenly split 50/50 between the two parties, with the Democrats holding a razor-thin majority due to the tiebreaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harristhrough her constitutional role as president of the Senate.
But the Democrats are nowhere close to obtaining the 60 votes needed to quash a filibuster. They don’t even have the simple majority needed to eliminate the legislative filibuster rule. Manchin and fellow moderate Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema are opposed to the push by lawmakers from the left of their party to scrap the filibuster.
Will Manchin deliver Republicans a victory that they can’t deliver themselves in this fight for the filibuster?
Your humble servant,
Ben Stein
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Manchin maybe the man of the hour, but he is good at waffling last minute to cover his political ass. He has thrown West Virginia under the bus in the past. Buyer Beware!