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bluewater

(5,376 posts) Thu Sep 30, 2021, 06:59 PM Sep 2021

Silent "Thank You" Thread for Senator Manchin

This is a silent "Thank You" thread for Senator Joe Manchin for announcing today that he could support a 1.5T Reconciliation Bill.

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Silent "Thank You" Thread for Senator Manchin (Original Post) bluewater Sep 2021 OP

..... ColinC Sep 2021 #1

.... ...!!!!!!!!!!! LakeArenal Sep 2021 #4

Thanks Joe Coal Goonch Sep 2021 #2

. RandySF Sep 2021 #3

Crickets: applegrove Sep 2021 #5

It's what he told Schumer he could support way back comradebillyboy Sep 2021 #6

Please, Shhhh. Silent thread. bluewater Sep 2021 #8

What you said wasn't a lie after all. Autumn Sep 2021 #9

Please, Shhhh. Silent Thread. bluewater Sep 2021 #10

I have no thanks to give him. Autumn Sep 2021 #12

No no no no no. I wholeheartedly disagree! boston bean Sep 2021 #29

Can't do it! BlueJac Sep 2021 #7

Thanks Joe for keeping us from Majority Leader McConnell. aeromanKC Sep 2021 #11

Meh jcgoldie Sep 2021 #13

Shhh... PXR-5 Sep 2021 #14

🤬 dweller Sep 2021 #15

. NewHendoLib Sep 2021 #16

🖕 Nevilledog Sep 2021 #17

... FakeNoose Sep 2021 #18

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 Fiendish Thingy Sep 2021 #19

We'll see if he actually does so when the bill comes to the floor. sakabatou Sep 2021 #20

??? hlthe2b Sep 2021 #21

Please, Shhh. Silent Thread. bluewater Sep 2021 #22

Nope. Topic not worthy of silent reverence. At all. hlthe2b Sep 2021 #23

Nope. CentralMass Sep 2021 #24

(resigned shrug, get the other half-plus by voting in more Dems) gulliver Sep 2021 #25

... regnaD kciN Sep 2021 #26

Barf Me. Sep 2021 #27

Thank you. bluewater Sep 2021 #28

ColinC

(8,293 posts)

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Thu Sep 30, 2021, 07:01 PM

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LakeArenal

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4. .... ...!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thu Sep 30, 2021, 07:03 PM

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Goonch

(3,607 posts)

2. Thanks Joe Coal

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Thu Sep 30, 2021, 07:01 PM

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RandySF

(58,823 posts)

3. .

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Thu Sep 30, 2021, 07:02 PM

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applegrove

(118,654 posts)

5. Crickets:

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Thu Sep 30, 2021, 07:04 PM

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comradebillyboy

(10,147 posts)

6. It's what he told Schumer he could support way back

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 07:05 PM

Sep 2021

in July. It looks to me like Schumer was misrepresenting the situation with Manchin.

Problem is that Joe Manchin has all the leverage in this negotiation. The progressives can work with Manchin and get half a loaf or hold firm on the 3.5 trillion and get nothing.