Joe Manchin: “Please just work on it. Give me a number and tell me what you can live with and what you can`t.”

We don't even have a budget anymore.

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.

The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.