provisions in this bill. both of those folks are lifelong west virginiavirginians. they ve lived here their entire lives, and they ve seen the state go from blue to more significantly red the past decades. that s why senator manchin is in this position. constituents like wes say, enough is enough. and sally wants more help. for those worried about inflation like that man, i think about the expanded child tax credit. the 300 bucks a month per kid under the age of 6. those last checks went out last week. life is going to get a lot more expensive for the millions of families who need that cushion. jake, has manchin gone back on his word like they re saying, or was this his position all along? i was looking at a clip of him from eight months ago, and he was kind of saying this then. yeah. we ve made a habit of saying we should listen to joe manchin when he speaks because he s been saying pretty much the same thing. he s had huge problems with
politician, democrat, republican, politician, there s an election next year, you re on the ballot, it s a volatile climate, cast this vote even if you might get punished back home. and the question becomes do folks like mr. bowman start exerting the same kind of authority in the house as manchin and sinema do in the senate. if the house progressives hold together that would create challenges, given the fact that pelosi said by the end of the month there s going to be a vote on the bipartisan bill on infrastructure. look, i think the political imperatives now are different than the start of the summer. i think at the start of this summer, the president was above water, and he s now below water in every survey. the pressure is now on him and his party to deliver, and i think it s going to be very difficult for democrats to go home at the end of this year without giving him some kind of victory, and that i think eventually is going to be the argument internally in
Mike Luckovich for April 09, 2021
April 08, 2021
Has Manchin not been paying attention over the last several years? The repubs have no platforms or policies, their only aim is to “own the dems”. They have no intention of cooperating with the democrats, even if it is good for America.
popular? you know better than i, but it is oddly a tough battle for you. i think voters are focusing. they ve known joe manchin for 30 years. neil: you re not an unknown entity, right? no. but we re not as well-known as manchin. the more people look at my conservative record, pro life, pro second amendment, the more that they look at joe manchin, the hillary backer, gun control joe, they re seeing a contrast. and joe manchin has been dishonest with the people of the state. he says one thing in west virginia and votes no in washington. you re seeing with it the kavanaugh nominations. neil: would you vote along party lines, if you came to washington, would you vote with the president and mitch mcconnell? i m going to be a strong ally of president trump. i m always going to do what is key for west virginia.