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Botany

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9. The old way of doing things makes some people a lot of

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 28, 2021, 08:35 PM

Sep 2021

... money. In Manchin's case it is the fossil fuel industry
and in Sinema's it is the pharmaceutical industry and those businesses do not want to get off "the gravey train."

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As Sinema resists the budget bill, she is set to raise money from business groups that oppose it. [View all] Celerity Sep 2021 OP

honoring? what has she done that's honorable to anyone but lobbyists? nt msongs Sep 2021 #1

K&R bluewater Sep 2021 #2

She is gotta go... BlueIdaho Sep 2021 #3

Sinema is using this one term to "cash in" on her senate seat and no doubt she will get some ... Botany Sep 2021 #4

"A fight between progressives and corruption." Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #5

Derailing the prescription price negotiation provision of the bill is worth $ billions PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #7

The old way of doing things makes some people a lot of Botany Sep 2021 #9

these two are false flags and dont give a hoot hoot hoot about their voters . AllaN01Bear Sep 2021 #6

Sickening. When are we going to get real conflict of interest rules for congress? JudyM Sep 2021 #8

Wasn't she former Green Party? BlueLucy Sep 2021 #10

Ideologically she has turned 180 degrees away from much of what the Celerity Sep 2021 #11

US? Are you a Green? BlueLucy Sep 2021 #12

erm, re read Celerity Sep 2021 #13

Thank you for clarifying. BlueLucy Sep 2021 #15

I'm really surprised that she hasn't been called out by other House/Senate Dems for what she is OnDoutside Sep 2021 #14