Joe Manchin: “I want the record to be very clear that I did not refer to my good friend from Nevada as an SOB.”

I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule.

We’re not trying to start another party.

She's an American senator that represents her state of Maine ... the most independent minded person I've ever met.

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