If my Democrats have bought on, my fellow Democrats have bought on that you have no Republican friends that will work in a reasonable manner, I don`t subscribe to that. And I will not vote to proceed until we try.
Joe Manchin emphasizes the importance of bipartisan support for legislation.
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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.
I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule.
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