The Hill: Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) latest moves are fueling new doubts that he’ll agree to any sort of legislative package on President Biden’s agenda, deepening Democratic worries about what they’ll be able to deliver to voters by Election Day.
Several Democratic senators say they are growing dispirited about the prospect of Manchin ever giving the greenlight to moving a budget reconciliation package, which would prevent Republicans from blocking Biden’s legislative agenda with a Senate filibuster.
Asked about how much confidence there is in Manchin coming on board with a reconciliation bill, one Democratic senator who requested anonymity to comment on the shrinking chances said there’s “less every day.”
A second Democratic senator said efforts to negotiate with Manchin one-on-one, whether led by senior White House officials or Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), aren’t working.
“This is the make-or-break period,” the lawmaker said, referring to the current five-week work period which runs up until Memorial Day weekend.
“I think we need to have a come-to-Jesus moment,” the source said. “The backroom approach has not worked.”
Democratic senators received little information about where talks on the budget reconciliation package stood during their Tuesday lunch meeting, the first time the Democratic caucus met as a whole since coming back from the two-week April recess. more
Nothing Dominion can’t fix.
Their “come to Jesus Moment” might result in a Sen Joe Manchin with an R behind his name. The economy sucks right now, and Joe Biden’s pie-in-the sky budget, $33 Bil MORE for Ukraine and rumblings about forgiving student loan debt aren’t helping convince anybody of the Dem’s economic plans.
“I think we need to have a come-to-Jesus moment.”
Then you’ll have to go to Martha’s Vineyard. And make sure you have an appointment with the Black Jesus.
All Democrats should be forced to look at Musk’s graphic.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519735033950470144?s=20&t=nwgMy67I39OPI8fJveUefw
They shouldn’t worry. They still have Murkowski, Collins and Romney who seem to prefer the dem agenda anyway.
The problem with today’s Democrat is that many think that faithfully rooting for your H.S. football team at 16 y.o. is the same as being a Democrat (while caught in the act of being a grown adult in later life), conducting business on behalf of fellow Americans both Democrats, Republicans, and Others.
Manchin is unpredictable, for most folks, even for West Virginians.
He is known for riding and handling a heavy-hog motorcycle, is independent minded, and generally weighs the benefits for all people involved (unless he votes in-step on certain issues with the Dems, which flusters the hell out of many West Virginians. So, keeping him in office in WV is a real brain teaser for many in this state when casting a ballot.
Joe Manchin already screwed the pooch by voting for the Pedo loving Supreme court Justice. Just another Romney trying to placate gays and pedophiles.
Come to Jesus moment as in gunshot-to-the-back-of-the-head suicide?