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    Default Manchin says he does not support D.C. statehood bill

    Excellent! Odds are, they will need unanimous support to pass, and without Manchin, not happening.

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    Manchin says he does not support D.C. statehood bill

    Sen. Joe Manchin on Friday said that he did not support the D.C. statehood bill, a blow to advocates pushing to make it the 51st state after the legislation passed the House last week.

    "If Congress wants to make D.C. a state, it should propose a constitutional amendment ... and let the people of America vote," the West Virginia Democrat told Hoppy Kercheval of West Virginia's MetroNews in a radio interview.

    Manchin is the first Democratic senator to come out against the D.C. statehood bill, which Republicans are united against, although a small number of Democratic caucus members have not yet publicly backed the bill.

    Even though the issue boasts a historic amount of Democratic support in the Senate, it won't succeed without Manchin's support in the closely divided chamber and with the existence of the legislative filibuster, which requires 60 votes to pass the legislation.

    Some Democrats who support the bill have conceded that it is not a top priority and said they are taking a more pragmatic approach and focusing on issues such as infrastructure.

    Before the House voted on the bill last Thursday, which passed 216-208, Manchin had said that he was "still discussing it," adding that he had a lot of other things going on.

    Rest - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...od-bill-485125
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    That is good news. I’ve been wondering for sometime how Joe Manchin is appreciating his position right now. He clearly is from a state that backed Trump in both 2016 and 2020. He has said recently the voters of West Virginia have left the democrat party because of their terrible policies. For all intense purposes he could leave the democrat party.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MtnBiker View Post
    That is good news. I’ve been wondering for sometime how Joe Manchin is appreciating his position right now. He clearly is from a state that backed Trump in both 2016 and 2020. He has said recently the voters of West Virginia have left the democrat party because of their terrible policies. For all intense purposes he could leave the democrat party.
    Imagine that, someone answering to his constituents!
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    I hope he stands firm, he's waffles a lot since the election.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kathianne View Post
    I hope he stands firm, he's waffles a lot since the election.
    With Manchin, I think he's smart about his position, and knows that if he should waffle, he may not be in office much longer!
    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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