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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Legislation Joe Manchin Is Holding Up Would Help His State -- A Lot
West Virginia struggles with the exact problems that Bidens spending bill aims to fix.The legislations components are highly popular, according to polling, and have the potential to transform everyday lives in the way the New Deal and the Great Society did. But because the legislation has no Republican support and Democrats have wafer-thin congressional majorities, it would need the votes of nearly every House Democrat and every single member of the Senates Democratic caucus. Right now, a handful are objecting to the agenda and among the most prominent is West Virginias own Democratic senator, Joe Manchin.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/manchin-biden-west-virginia-child-care-hcbs-poverty_n_614e2e70e4b03dd7280afa11
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The Legislation Joe Manchin Is Holding Up Would Help His State -- A Lot (Original Post)
UCmeNdc
Sep 2021
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OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)2. Even the Voting Rights Act would help him above pretty much any
other Senator. There's more at play here.
mopinko
(69,806 posts)3. if we cant fix this shit.....
i know joe met w the 2 dinos recently. would kill to have been a fly on the wall.
what is it going to take? lock them in a room til they come to their senses?
maybe joe can get them one of those 2 person shirts, and make them walk around in it until they see how stupid they look.
a girl can dream, cant she?
hunter
(38,264 posts)4. Many politician don't really care about their constituents.
They work for the people who get them elected.
Voters need to be informed, and these informed voters need to fight for fair elections and vote.
And put teaching Civics back into school curriculums.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,378 posts)6. It might help his state, but it would hurt his wallet
and the corporations & billionaires who own him.
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)7. Sadly, Manchin cares about what helps him. Not his state.