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Who Pays for the Manchin?

Say it ain't so, Joe, but his position on the big social and environmental bill reeks of money

Robert Reich
Oct 01, 2021
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I’ve smelled the stench of the Washington cesspool, but this is among the most nauseating. West Virginia’s Senator Joe Manchin now says he won’t support Biden’s “Build Back Better” social and environmental package.

He delivered his deathblow on Fox News Sunday, after refusing to take Joe Biden’s phone call presumably asking him not to make the announcem…

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