Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has declared he won’t vote for Sarah Bloom Raskin to be the vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, potentially dooming the confirmation efforts of President Joe Biden and other Senate Democrats. “Now more than ever, the United States must have policy leaders and economic experts who are focused on the…
Manchin Opposes Raskin’s Fed Nomination Over Her Stance on Energy
March 14, 2022
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Manchin Nixes Raskin’s Fed Nomination Due to Her Stance on Energy
March 14, 2022
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has declared he will not vote for Sarah Bloom Raskin, dealing a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden and other Senate Democrats in their effort to confirm Raskin as Vice Chair of Supervision for the Federal Reserve. “Now more than ever, the United States must have policy leaders and economic…
Manchin Objects to New Greenhouse Gas and Environmental Impact Policies on Natural Gas Pipelines
March 3, 2022
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) February policy statements on interstate natural gas projects drew strong objections from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and the two out of the five FERC commissioners who voted against the statements. Those statements, which add consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts, including on “environmental justice communities,” for FERC to approve…
Build Back Better ‘Is Dead’: Sen. Joe Manchin
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told reporters on Tuesday that the Build Back Better Act (BBB), President Joe Biden’s multi-trillion dollar social spending package, “is dead,” dashing any lingering Democratic hopes that Manchin will rally behind a further scaled-down version. Manchin’s opposition to BBB has been well-known and oft-repeated for months, and his opposition to the…
Democrats Try to Break BBB Into Smaller Bills to Overcome Manchin, Sinema Objections
President Joe Biden and other Democrats have suggested that the party could break the $1.85 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) social spending package into smaller, more targeted bills in order to pass some parts of the scheme after its defeat in late December. Biden and other Democratic leaders spent the latter half of 2021 pushing…
Manchin and Sinema Vote With Republicans Against Changing Senate Rules for Elections Overhaul
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Kirsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) joined Republican senators on Jan. 19 to vote down an attempt by the Democrats to change the rules of the U.S. Senate in order to pass a major elections overhaul bill that was a top priority for President Joe Biden. Manchin and Sinema have long said…
Manchin On Election Bills: The Law Already Protects Voting Rights
While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) rejected his party’s notion that tougher state-level election laws would obstruct voting rights, a bad sign for Democrats hoping to sway Manchin into weakening the filibuster. After a string of policy failures for President Joe Biden before Congress’ winter recess Democrats, looking for some…
Manchin On Election Legislation: The Law Already Protects Voting Rights
While speaking to reporters on Jan. 18, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) rejected his party’s notion that tougher state-level election laws would obstruct voting rights, a bad sign for Democrats hoping to sway Manchin into weakening the filibuster. After a string of policy failures for President Joe Biden before Congress’s winter recess, Democrats, looking for some…
Democrats Accuse Manchin, Sinema of Racism for Opposition to Filibuster Abolition
Democrats are accusing moderate Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) of racism after the duo rejected an effort by their party to abolish the filibuster in order to pass election legislation over the objections of all 50 GOP senators. Just before Congress returned from its winter recess, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…
Democrats Trying to Cajole Manchin Into Weakening Filibuster
Democrats are trying to push Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) into voting to weaken the filibuster so that Democrats can pass election legislation after Manchin on Tuesday refused to join his party on this route. In a statement released to his Twitter on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) attempted to tie GOP opposition…
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