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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again to remove any shred of doubt. There’s no circumstance in which I will vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster. The time has come to end these political games, and who usher in a new era of…

January 6 changed me and I was very clear with everybody. I never thought in my life, I never read in history books, to where our form of government had been attacked at our seat of government, which is Washington D.C., our Capitol by our…

Joe Manchin from West Virginia, for example, a key swing vote in the Senate has said recently that he’s willing to raise that corporate tax rate to about 25%, but not higher.

Joe Manchin said that he will not vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster.

I will never, ever agree to filibuster changes no matter what that means for Biden's agenda or what it means for his own constituents.

I think corporate should have been at 25 percent. As the bill exists today, it needs to be changed. If I don’t go to get on it, it’s not going anywhere.

I will not support a key part of the plan that raises the corporate tax rate from 21 to 28 percent. The rate should be 25 percent.

This bill will not be in the form you see introduced or see people talking about it. And if I don`t vote to get on it, it`s not going anywhere. So we`re going to have some leverage here. And that`s more than just me, Hoppy, there`s six of…

I will enter this letter into the Record, but I would like to read the key sentences. And to the Senator from Indiana, if I could read this letter to you and to make sure that--I don't know how--I have spoken to my attorney general, who…

I reserve the right to object. I have a statement to make. Last week, my friend from Indiana and I were last down here discussing this issue. There seemed to be a lot of confusion about the Treasury--or how the Treasury would interpret the…

The modern Republican Party has no interest in contributing its ideas to legislation that's going to be passed by Joe Biden. Its only idea is to make sure that Joe Biden fails.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll

Joe Manchin's actual public position right now is that he cares more about what politicians in other states do than what his own constituents support.

Pushing through legislation of this magnitude on a partisan basis may garner short term benefits, but will inevitably only exacerbate the distrust that millions of Americans harbor against the U.S. government.

He said today that he does not want to sign on to support this sweeping voting-rights bill that will afford federal protection to voting rights.

We have been dealing with this for 3 years, Mark. Three years this has been going on.

Maybe it is time for Congress to have an adult conversation about this loss of liability protection.

I am more concerned also too about the security.