Manchin in his call for bipartisanship: the Capitol revolt “changed me”

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His. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinBiden-GOP infrastructure is launched with a starter On The Money: Pelosi wants the infrastructure done before August | Powell warns US reopens to “different economy” | McConnell’s action against Big Business Biden on firearms attracts praise and skepticism MORE (DW.Va.) says he increased his bipartisan petitions after the deadly January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol “changed him.”

Manchin, who has great influence in a uniformly divided Senate, made the comment during an interview which aired Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room.” He said the nation should not be so divided to the point that people “want to go to war with each other.”

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“It simply came to our notice then. And I was very clear with everyone; I never thought in my life (I never read in history books) where our form of government had been attacked and where our own people were our seat of government, which is Washington, DC, our own Capitol. “Manchin said.

“The British did it now, but not the Americans. So something said to me, “Wait a minute, pause. Press the Pause button, there’s something that’s not working. You can’t get so many people to split up where they want to go to war with each other.” continue the centrist senator.

The West Virginia Democrat is a key vote as Democrats try to move forward with President Biden’s $ 2 trillion infrastructure proposal.

The Senate MP ruled earlier this week that Democrats could use budget reconciliation to pass the proposal, which allows the Senate to pass legislation by a simple majority. The mechanism was used to approve the $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill last month.

But Manchin has been consistently critical of legislative tactics and has also repeatedly promised not to get rid of the filibuster, another tactic that has been the focus of fire as Democrats try to move forward with major policy changes.

Manchin reiterated to CNN that it would not be removed from the filibuster and said budget reconciliation “was never our main focus or our main legislative vehicle. This is not legislating. It should be used from time to time.” . I understand that.”

“There is a time and a place,” he said.

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