progressives threatening to sink the spending bill which in the words of one prominent democrat would be disastrous. debate on the bipartisan crafted trillion-dollar infrastructure bill begins today in the house. speaker nancy pelosi says a vote on that will be held on thursday. federal government is set to run out of money on friday if congress doesn t pass a new government funding bill by then. so a major player in all of this, this week, is west virginia democratic senator joe manchin, who is trying to bend the domestic agenda to his will. the democrat is opposed to the top-line number of $3.5 trillion in spending over ten years, but what were the plans inside that proposal actually do for his constituents, for the people in west virginia? john avlon with the reality check. all roads to the democrats chance of success this week seem to go through west virginia, whose senators joe manchin in a make or bake position for the
capital account decrease. jeanine: look at iowa. his approval rating is 31% in iowa. i mean, that is pretty greg: no higher than geraldo s though. geraldo: not in cleveland. jeanine: his job approval is 43% overall. iowa, an important state. 31%. it s like don t show up there. greg: joe s approval was at his highest when he wasn t working. when he was in hiding. he was the player to be named later or other. the more he does his job, the faster his approval evaporates. so my solution for him if i was running, if i was his chief of staff, cryogenics. freed him until 2022. defrost him like a swanson s dinner, bake, back better. that would be his new thing. everything you re saying is correct. nobody is buying moderate joe anymore. he s like geraldo will
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