manchin of west virginia appears unmoved on opposing the for the people act, and politico reports president biden is taking a subtle approach with manchin. in interview manchin said that biden has not leaned on him to support the bill he publicly rejected, nor covertly asked him to support another democrat-only spending bill for jobs and academy, yet. lot to talk about. eugene robinson for the "washington post" and bill krist ol. ab stoddard was with us, hr-1 was outdated already.