Tag: Joe Manchin
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Local leaders call on U.S. Senate to pass Build Back Better Act
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local leaders and climate activists, pointing to devastation caused by the recent Marshall fire, called on the U.S. Senate on Friday to take immediate action to mitigate the climate crisis by passing President Joe Biden’s…
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EDITORIAL: Thank Sen. Manchin for having a spine
Here’s some advice for the Democratic Party: listen to and learn from Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. Otherwise, endure the 2024 political bloodbath that has Republicans overly confident. Fellow Democrats have unmercifully demonized and bullied Manchin for his refusal to cave, but he clearly cares more about the people of his country and state than his…
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Time to modify the filibuster? | Cronin & Loevy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. senators have been using the filibuster since 1841. U.S. Sens. Huey Long of Louisiana, Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, Wayne Morse of Oregon and Rand Paul of Kentucky are among the more famous filibusterers…