His name is not new in the U.S. Congress. He is a member of the Democrat Party with a long career in politics and U.S. senator for West Virginia since 2010.
Since President Biden started to push the progressive agenda, Senator Manchin is showing that not all the Democrats agree with the plans of Bernie Sanders and his group.
Today the Editorial of Wall Street Journal titled “Joe Manchin’s Intervention says “House Democrats scrambled all day and failed Thursday to come up with the votes to pass the Senate infrastructure bill. But the bigger news this week is West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s declaration of what he won’t accept in the separate $3.5 trillion tax-and-spending bill. Think of this as an intervention to save the Democratic Party, and the country, from the left.”
Senator Manchin is not a lamb, and his energy and attitude could act as a strong barrier against the dreams of the left members of the government.
WSJ added: “Progressives are furious with Mr. Manchin, and with Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, for refusing to go along with the Bernie Sanders entitlement dreamscape. As an act of retribution, they’ve threatened to scuttle the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that the two Democrats negotiated with Republicans.”
Two Democratic senators – Mr. Manchin and Ms. Kyrsten Sinema – are showing President Biden that the new autumn would be worse than the summer for the White House if he continues in the current path.
SOURCES: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times.
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